Anatomy of the circle of Willis in three cases of human fetal synophthalmic holoprosencephaly

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-558

  Arnold, W H ^a   Sperber, G H ^b   Machin, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Circle of Willis; Embryology; Holoprosencephaly; Internal carotid artery

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; EMBRYOLOGY; FETUS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030450283     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(96)80117-8     Document Type: Article

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