Incidence of metopism in the Lebanese population

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-151

  Baaten, P J J ^a   Haddad, M ^b   Abi Nader, K ^b   Abi Ghosn, A ^c   Al Kutoubi, A ^b   Jurjus, Abdo R ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Frontal bone; Metopic suture; Skull sutures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METOPIC SUTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKULL FRACTURE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL SUTURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CRANIAL SUTURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037281546     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10050     Document Type: Article

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