Etiopathogenesis of hyperostosis frontalis interna: A mystery still

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Raikos, Athanasios ^a,b   Paraskevas, George K ^b   Yusuf, Faisal ^a   Kordali, Panagiota ^b   Meditskou, Soultana ^b   Al Haj, Abdulatif ^a   Brand Saberi, Beate ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Dura mater; Falx cerebri; Hyperostotic nodules; Ossification; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OSSIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052550044     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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