Microsurgical anatomy of the extracranial-extradural origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 645-652

  Fine, Andrew D ^a   Cardoso, Alberto ^a   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical study vertebral artery; Microsurgery; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0033494112     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.4.0645     Document Type: Article

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