Revisiting the supernumerary: The epidemiological and molecular basis of extra teeth

British Dental Journal

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Cobourne, M T ^b   Fleming, P S ^c   Xavier, G M ^c   Dibiase, A T ^a  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; ODONTOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 74549138789     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.1177     Document Type: Article

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