Morphometric measurements and sexual dimorphism of the piriform aperture in adults

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 917-924

  Moreddu, Eric ^a,b   Puymerail, Laurent ^a   Michel, Justin ^b   Achache, Michaël ^b   Dessi, Patrick ^b   Adalian, Pascal ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

3D CT reconstruction; Dimensions; Geometric morphometrics; Nose; Piriform aperture; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE LENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PIRIFORM APERTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890556943     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-013-1116-2     Document Type: Article

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