The Down syndrome patient in dental practice, part I: Pathogenesis and general and dental features

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-9

  Kieser, Jules ^a   Townsend, Grant ^b   Quick, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTISTRY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPODONTIA; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TOOTH SIZE; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 3442896763     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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