Detailed magnetic resonance imaging anatomy of the cisternal segment of the abducent nerve: Dorello's canal and neurovascular relationships and landmarks

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 276-283

  Yousry, Indra ^b   Camelio, Salvador ^b   Wiesmann, Martin ^b   Schmid, Urs D ^b   Moriggl, Bernhard ^b   Brückmann, Hartmut ^b   Yousry, Tarek A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abducent nerve; Anatomical study; Dorello's canal; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032720677     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.2.0276     Document Type: Article

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