The course of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery may be related to its level of origin

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-65

  Macchi, V ^a   Porzionato, A ^a   Parenti, A ^a   De Caro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cerebellum; Cranial nerves; Embryology; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INNERVATION; MALE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BASILAR ARTERY; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRANIAL NERVES; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 1542300221     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0190-2     Document Type: Article

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