Morphological integration between the cranial base and the face in children and adults

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-438

  Gkantidis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Halazonetis, Demetrios J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Covariation; Development; Geometric morphometrics; Malocclusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHILD; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SKULL BASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952775154     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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