Clinical significance and variation of the advanced calcified stylohyoid complex detected by panoramic radiographs among 80-year-old subjects

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-199

  Okabe, S ^a   Morimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Ansai, T ^a   Yamada, K ^b   Tanaka, T ^a   Awano, S ^a   Kito, S ^a   Takata, Y ^a   Takehara, T ^a   Ohba, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone density; Calcification; Panoramic radiography; Serum calcium concentration; Stylohyoid complex; Styloid process

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 33646540705     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/12056500     Document Type: Article

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