British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 203-207 , April 2007

Quantitative morphometric evaluation of critical size experimental bone defects by microcomputed tomography

  • Candan Efeoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Level 6 Worsley Building, Leeds Dental Institute, Clarendon Way, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9LU, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +44 113 3436165.
    • ,
  • Sheila E. Fisher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, UK
    • ,
  • Selda Ertürk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Fikri Öztop

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Sevtap Günbay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Aylin Sipahi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

,Accepted 27 May 2006.

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PII: S0266-4356(06)00101-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2006.05.007

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 203-207 , April 2007

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