Volumetric change of the medial pterygoid following distraction osteogenesis of the mandible: An example of the associated soft-tissue changes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1804-1807

  Mackool, Richard J ^b   Hopper, Richard A ^b   Grayson, Barry H ^b   Holliday, Roy ^b   McCarthy, Joseph G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FACIAL BONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE MASS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MANDIBLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037739714     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000055431.19215.0A     Document Type: Article

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