Sialolith crystals localized intraglandularly and in the Wharton's duct of the human submandibular gland: An X-ray diffraction analysis

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Teymoortash, A ^a   Buck, P ^a   Jepsen, H ^a   Werner, J A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Salivary calculus; Sialolithiasis; Submandibular gland; X ray diffraction analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242516012     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(02)00211-X     Document Type: Article

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