Synchrotron-microcomputed tomography studies of normal and pathological cranial sutures: Further insight - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-242

  Regelsberger, Jan ^a   Schmidt, Tobias ^a   Busse, Björn ^a   Herzen, Julia ^b   Tsokos, Michael ^a   Amling, Michael ^a   Beckmann, Felix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone density; Cranial suture; Microcomputed tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DEFORMITY; GROWTH CURVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THICKNESS; X RAY;

AGE FACTORS; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; HUMANS; INFANT; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77649116435     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.PEDS09138     Document Type: Article

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