Abducens length and vulnerability?

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-36

  Hanson, R A ^a   Ghosh, S ^b   Gonzalez Gomez, I ^b   Levy, M L ^b   Gilles, Floyd H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0347722573     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.1.33     Document Type: Article

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