Anatomy and embryology of the lateral sellar compartment (cavernous sinus) medial wall

Neurological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 585-592

  Kehrli, Pierre ^a   Ali, Mohamed ^b   Reis Jr , Mauro ^a   Maillot, Claude ^c   Dietemann, Jean Louis ^a   Dujovny, Manuel ^b,d   Ausman, James I ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Hopital Central Strasbourg   (France)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cavernous sinus; Dura mater; Embryology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SELLA TURCICA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031682693     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1998.11740568     Document Type: Article

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