Does human relaxin accelerate orthodontic tooth movement in rats?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2005, Pages 388-394

  Liu, Zi Jun ^a   King, Gregory J ^a   Gu, Gao Man ^c   Shin, Ja Young ^a   Stewart, Dennis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BAS Medical Inc   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cephalometrics; Orthodontic tooth movement; Rat; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; RAT;

EID: 23644440846     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1282.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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