Anomalous origin of the right vertebral artery: Review of the literature and case report of right vertebral artery origin distal to the left subclavian artery

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1318-1321

  Lemke, Arne Jörn ^a   Benndorf, Götz ^a   Liebig, Thomas ^a   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEURINOMA; NEUROSURGERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032797456     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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