The human lumbar anterior epidural space: Morphological comparison in adult and fetal specimens;L'espace épidural lombaire antérieur humaine: Comparaison morphologique de l'adulte et de foetus

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 194-200

  Hamid, M ^a   Fallet Bianco, C ^a   Delmas, V ^a   Plaisant, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Fetus; Lumbar epidural space; Periosteum; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Vertebral venous plexus

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ANATOMY; ANTERIOR INTERNAL VERTEBRAL VENOUS PLEXUS; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OSSIFICATION; PERIOSTEUM; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

DURA MATER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VEINS;

EID: 0036700513     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-002-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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