Correction of unilateral coronal synostosis leads to resolution of mandibular asymmetry in rabbits

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 172-182

  Acarturk, T Oguz ^b   Azari, Kodi ^b   Mooney, Mark ^b   Chang, Thomas ^b   Losken, H Wolfgang ^b   Bradley, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOMETRY; CRANIOPLASTY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; JAW MALFORMATION; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKULL BASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKULL BASE;

EID: 13244255239     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000145638.38396.2F     Document Type: Article

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