Ultrasonographic thickness of the masseter muscle in growing individuals with unilateral crossbite

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-611

  Kiliaridis, Stavros ^a   Mahboubi, Payam H ^b   Raadsheer, Maarten C ^c   Katsaros, Christos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c University of Geneva ^*

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crossbite; Masseter muscle; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447125948     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/101105-360     Document Type: Article

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