Ossification of laryngeal cartilages on lateral cephalometric radiographs

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 196-201

  Mupparapu, Muralidhar ^a   Vuppalapati, Anitha ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JFK Community Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngeal complex; Ossification; Thyroid cartilage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID GLAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; X RAY FILM;

EID: 16244400515     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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