Using Networks To Understand Medical Data: The Case of Class III Malocclusions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Scala, Antonio ^a,b   Auconi, Pietro ^a,c   Scazzocchio, Marco ^a   Caldarelli, Guido ^a,b,d   McNamara, James A ^e,f,g,h   Franchi, Lorenzo ^e,i  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b London Institute of Mathematical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c Private Practice of Orthodontics   (Italy)

^d IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h Private Practice of Orthodontics   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROSSBITE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALOCCLUSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; ORTHODONTICS; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84866715771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044521     Document Type: Article

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