Middle cerebral artery variations: Duplicated and accessory arteries

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Komiyama, Masaki ^a   Nakajima, Hideki ^a   Nishikawa, Misao ^a   Yasui, Toshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032231399     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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