Metopism in adult skulls from Southern Brazil

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Sant'Ana Castilho, Marco Antonio ^a   Oda, Juliano Yasuo ^a   Gonçales Sant'Ana, Débora De Mello ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human anatomy; Metopic suture; Metopism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646738028     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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