Hyperostosis frontalis interna: Case report and review of literature

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 206-208

  She, Rosemary ^a   Szakacs, Juliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; Hyperostosis; Paget's disease; Rickets; Skull

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGING; AUTOPSY; BONE CANCER; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2542506608     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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