Craniofacial morphology in Chinese female twins: A semi-longitudinal cephalometric study

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 556-561

  Peng, Jing ^a   Deng, Hui ^a   Cao, CaiFang ^a   Ishikawa, Masaaki ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL OF STOMATOLOGY   (China)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHINA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FACE; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SKULL; SKULL BASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; SKULL BASE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 29044445524     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cji059     Document Type: Article

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