Nanostructural and nanomechanical properties of synostosed postnatal human cranial sutures

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Grau, Nayra ^a   Daw, Joseph L ^a   Patel, Rupal ^a   Evans, Carla ^a   Lewis, Naama ^a   Mao, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cranial sutures; Craniofacial; Osteoblast; Synostosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SUTURE; BIOMECHANICS; CRANIAL SUTURE; ELASTICITY; FRONTAL BONE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NANOMATERIAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; ELASTICITY; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARIETAL BONE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33645834972     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.scs.0000179754.52154.42     Document Type: Article

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