Clinical and radiological follow-up results of patients with untreated TMJ closed lock

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 326-331

  Imirzalioglu, P ^a   Biler, N ^b   Agildere, A M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Private Practice   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Closed lock; Internal derangement; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MCNEMAR TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISK; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME;

EID: 18644378489     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2004.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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