A comparison of hand-wrist bone and cervical vertebral analyses in measuring skeletal maturation

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 984-989

  Gandini, Paola ^a   Mancini, Marta ^a   Andreani, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Growth evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750601223     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/070605-217     Document Type: Article

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