The anatomy of the angular branch of the thoracodorsal artery

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-236

  Seitz, Alexander ^a,c   Papp, Stephan ^a   Papp, Christoph ^b   Maurer, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular branch; Scapula, blood supply; Thoracodorsal artery; Vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; THORACODORSAL ARTERY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCAPULA;

EID: 0032792542     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016663     Document Type: Article

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