Detection of an Early Ossification of Thyroid Cartilage in an Adolescent on a Lateral Cephalometric Radiograph

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 576-578

  Mupparapu, Muralidhar ^a   Vuppalapati, Anitha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b City of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngeal cartilages; Limbus vertebra; Metastatic calcification; Superior cornu

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCINOSIS; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 0036983381     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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