Skeletal Muscle, 2022 Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disease caused by a complete lack of dystrophin, which stabilizes the plasma membrane of myofibers.
Keitaro Yamanouchi +10 more
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Relationship of aging, skeletal muscle mass, and tooth loss with masseter muscle thickness
BMC Geriatrics, 2018 Background Previous studies have reported a relationship between masseter muscle thickness and tooth loss or limb muscle thickness. However, it is not yet known whether masseter muscle thickness is related to appendicular skeletal muscle mass, and grip ...
Kohei Yamaguchi +6 more
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Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex [PDF]
, 2016 The evolution of the mammalian jaw during the transition from non-mammalian synapsids to crown mammals is a key event in vertebrate history and characterised by the gradual reduction of its individual bones into a single element and the concomitant ...
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Orofacial muscles activity in children with swallowing dysfunction and removable functional appliances [PDF]
, 2019 Swallowing dysfunction is a frequent disorder among children and refers to an altered tongue posture and abnormal tongue movement during swallowing. Removable functional appliance is one of the treatments applied by dentistry to correct this disorder ...
Giustino, Valerio +5 more
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Toxins, 2021 There are still concerns about masseteric bulging due to a lack of knowledge about the internal architecture of the masseter muscle. Further investigations are therefore required of the most-effective botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injection points and ...
Hyung-Jin Lee +3 more
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Treatment of masseteric hypertrophy with botulinum toxin : a report of two cases [PDF]
, 2010 Masseter muscle hypertrophy is a rare condition of unknown cause which is important in the differential diagnosis of head and neck masses, located in the cheek.
Bas, Burcu +3 more
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Clinical significance of the buccal fat pad: how to determine the correct surgical indications based on preoperative analysis [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Despite the multitude of clinical and aesthetic uses, the correct surgical indications for buccal fat pad (BFP) removal have yet to be fully elucidated.
Bencardino, Davide +6 more
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Evaluation of Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients -An Ultrasonographic Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic insidious disease of the oral mucosa, commonly seen in South East Asia. It occurs mainly due to the habit of quid or gutkha chewing.
Ankkita Chakarvarty +4 more
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MYOSITIS OSSIFICANS TRAUMATICA OF THE MASSETER MUSCLE- review of the literature and case report. [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2013 Introduction: Myositis ossificans traumatica (MOT) is known mostly in the orthopedic literature as non-neoplastic, heterotopic bone formation within muscle or fascia, presumably due to acute trauma or repeated injury.
Elitsa G. Deliverska
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Cephalometric studies of the mandible, its masticatory muscles and vasculature of growing Göttingen Minipigs — A comparative anatomical study to refine experimental mandibular surgery [PDF]
, 2019 Over many decades, the Göttingen Minipig has been used as a large animal model in experimental surgical research of the mandible. Recently several authors have raised concerns over the use of the Göttingen Minipig in this research area, observing ...
Corte, Guiliano Mario +4 more
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