Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 325-330 , July 2010

Structure and remodelling of the human parietal bone: An age and gender histomorphometric study

  • Daniel Torres-Lagares, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire sur la Réparation et les Remodelages oro-faciaux, EA 2496, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paris-Descartes, France
    • Department of Oral Surgery, University of Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • Jean-François Tulasne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, 26 Avenue Kléber, 75016 Paris, France
    • ,
  • Christelle Pouget, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire sur la Réparation et les Remodelages oro-faciaux, EA 2496, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paris-Descartes, France
    • ,
  • Annie Llorens

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire sur la Réparation et les Remodelages oro-faciaux, EA 2496, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paris-Descartes, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Louis Saffar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire sur la Réparation et les Remodelages oro-faciaux, EA 2496, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paris-Descartes, France
    • ,
  • Philippe Lesclous, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire sur la Réparation et les Remodelages oro-faciaux, EA 2496, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Paris-Descartes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationPhilippe LESCLOUS, PhD, Universite Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Laboratoire Réparation et Remodelages Oro-Faciaux, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux, 92120 Montrouge, France. Tel.: +33 158076794; Fax: +33 158076795.

Received 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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PII: S1010-5182(09)00136-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.07.012

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 325-330 , July 2010

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