Long-Face Craniofacial Morphology: Cause or Effect of Weak Masticatory Musculature?

Seminars in Orthodontics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-117

  van Spronsen, P H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953692893     PISSN: 10738746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sodo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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