CT evaluation of Chamberlain's, McGregor's, and McRae's skull-base lines

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-69

  Cronin, C G ^a   Lohan, D G ^a   Mhuircheartigh, J N ^a   Meehan, C P ^a   Murphy, J ^a   Roche, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHAMBERLAIN SKULL BASE LINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MCGREGOR SKULL BASE LINE; MCRAE SKULL BASE LINE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349087144     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.03.012     Document Type: Article

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