Relationship of the parietal foramen and complexity of the human sagittal suture;Relación del Foramen Parietal y la Complejidad de la Sutura Sagital Humana

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 553-564

  Mann, R W ^a   Manabe, J ^a   Byrd, J E ^a  

^a Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Complexity; Parietal foramen; Sagittal suture

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349599776     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022009000200040     Document Type: Article

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