Craniofacial growth in the ferret (Mustela putorius furo) - A cephalometric study

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 837-848

  He, Tailun ^a   Kiliaridis, Stavros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal cephalometry; Craniofacial growth; Craniofacial morphology; Ferret; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FERRET; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 4143109030     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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