International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 388-393 , April 2010

The role of the disc in the healing of displaced subcondylar fracture in the growing period: an experimental study in rats

  • Z. Li

      Affiliations

    • Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
    • Wei Zhang is the Co-first author; Wei Zhang and Zhi Li contributed equally to this article.
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  • W. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, People's Republic of China
    • Wei Zhang is the Co-first author; Wei Zhang and Zhi Li contributed equally to this article.
    • ,
  • Z.-B. Li

      Affiliations

    • Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
    • Zu-Bing Li is the Corresponding author.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, People's Republic of China. Tel.: +86 27 87646313; fax: +86 27 87873260.

,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.01.008

International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 4 , Pages 388-393 , April 2010

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