Correlation between chronological age, cervical vertebral maturation and fishman's skeletal maturity indicators in southern Chinese

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 591-596

  Alkhal, Hessa Abdulla ^a   Wong, Ricky W K ^b   Rabie, A Bakr M ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebral maturation; Chronological age; Hand wrist maturation; Skeletal maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849118280     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/0003-3219(2008)078[0591:CBCACV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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