Comparative morphological variations and abnormalities of circles of Willis: A minireview including two personal cases

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Vasović, Ljiljana ^a   Milenkovic Z ^b   Pavlovic S ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aberrant vessels; Adult brain; Cerebral arteries; Developmental changes; Fetal brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036933451     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0227-8     Document Type: Article

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