Hyperostosis frontalis interna: Criteria for sexing and aging a skeleton

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 669-673

  May, Hila ^a   Peled, Nathan ^b   Dar, Gali ^c   Cohen, Haim ^a   Abbas, Janan ^a   Medlej, Bahaa ^a   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age determination; Computerized tomography; Forensic medicine; Hyperostosis frontalis interna; Sex determination; Skull

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052309567     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-010-0497-6     Document Type: Article

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