Neurocranial morphology and growth in Williams syndrome

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-47

  Axelsson, Stefan ^a,e   Kjær, Inger ^b   Heiberg, Arvid ^c   Bjørnland, Tore ^a   Storhaug, Kari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Resource Centre for Oral Health in Rare Medical Conditions   (Norway)

^e LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; SKULL BASE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARIETAL BONE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL; SKULL BASE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 15944412151     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjh065     Document Type: Article

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