Masseteric hypertrophy?: Preliminary report

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 405-408

  Newton, James P ^a   McClure, Ian J ^b,e   Cowpe, Jonathan G ^b,c   Delday, Margaret I ^d   Maltin, Charlotte A ^d  

^a Dental School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Unit of Oral Medicine and Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASSETERIC HYPERTROPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY;

EID: 0344603827     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0075     Document Type: Article

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