The shape and size of the sella turcica in skeletal Class I, Class II, and Class III Saudi subjects

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 457-463

  Alkofide, Eman A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SELLA TURCICA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SELLA TURCICA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 35948985088     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjm049     Document Type: Article

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