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[The age-dependent changes of sella turcica, frontal and sphenoid sinuses]
Yu I Pigolkin1, M Corro2, G V Zolotenkova3
1I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia, 119991.
Abstract:
This article is designed to report the results of analysis of the literature publications concerning age-specific changes in the configuration of the sella turcica, frontal and sphenoid sinuses during the life span of a human being. It is shown that the subjects above the age of 20-25 years undergo age-dependent variations of the morphometric characteristics of the sella turcica, frontal and sphenoid sinuses. It suggests the necessity of the further development of the research methods with a view to increasing the number of techniques used in forensic medicine designed to enhance the accuracy of estimation of the human biological age.
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