The appearance of foramen in the internal aspect of the mental region of mandible from Japanese cadavers and dry skulls under macroscopic observation and three-dimensional CT images

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 83-88

  Yoshida, Shunji ^a   Kawai, Taisuke ^a   Okutsu, Koichiro ^a   Yosue, Takashi ^a   Takamori, Hitoshi ^a   Sunohara, Masataka ^a   Sato, Iwao ^a,b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Lingual foramen; Mandible

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744464340     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.10.012     Document Type: Article

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