Anatomic details of intradural channels in the parasagittal dura: A possible pathway for flow of cerebrospinal fluid

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-91

  Fox, Richard J ^a   Walji, Anil H ^a   Mielke, Bruce ^a   Petruk, Kenneth C ^a   Aronyk, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arachnoid granulations; Cerebrospinal fluid absorption; Corrosion casting; Cranial sinuses; Dura mater; Lacunae laterales; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CRANIAL SINUS; DURA MATER; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARACHNOID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORROSION CASTING; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030013119     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199607000-00017     Document Type: Article

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