Gender differences in lateral pterygoid muscle in patients with anterior disk displacement.

Shuo WangYu ChenWei GuoDejun SheYunyang LiaoZhen XingNan HuangHongjie HuangDairong Cao

Published in: Oral diseases (2022)

Lateral pterygoid muscle in female TMD patients presented more fatty infiltration in the NP stage and might present more fibrosis in the ADD stage compared with males. Together, this leads to more serious intramuscular heterogeneity during the pathogenesis of ADD in females.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
minimally invasive
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
single cell
patient reported outcomes
patient reported