Vertebral artery loop formation: A frequent cause of cervicobrachial pain

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1183-1188

  Paksoy, Yahya ^a   Levendoglu, Funda Dinç ^a   Ögün, Cemile Öztin ^a   Üstün, Mehmet Erkan ^a   Ögün, Tunç Cevat ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervicobrachial pain; Loop formation; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0038617264     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000067275.08517.58     Document Type: Article

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