The incidence and dimensions of the retroarticular canal of the atlas vertebra

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-120

  Mitchell, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atlas vertebra; Blood flow; Retroarticular canal; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032441579     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046490     Document Type: Article

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