Extradural origin of the posteroinferior cerebellar artery: An anatomic study with histological and radiographic correlation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1326-1331

  Salas, Eduardo ^a   Ziyal, Ibrahim M ^a   Bank, William O ^a   Santi, Maria R ^a   Sekhar, Laligam N ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar infarction; Extracranial PICA; Extradural PICA; Lateral medullary syndrome; Posteroinferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CADAVER; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MALE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031779520     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199806000-00079     Document Type: Article

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