Overview of the ossified stylohyoid ligament based in more than 1200 forensic autopsies

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 268-270

  Vougiouklakis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Forensic; Fracture; Incidence; Ossification; Stylohyoid

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOLOGY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYOID BONE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 33744530046     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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