Maximal mouth opening capacity: Percentiles for healthy children 4-17 years of age

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Müller, Lukas ^a   van Waes, Hubertus ^a   Langerweger, Christoph ^b   Molinari, Luciano ^c   Saurenmann, Rotraud K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Public School Dental Services in the City of Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Diagnosis; Juvenile idiopathic Arthritis; Outcome research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMAL MOUTH OPENING CAPACITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84876723697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-11-17     Document Type: Article

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