Dual origin of the vertebral artery mimicking dissection

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 382-384

  Nogueira, Thomas E ^a   Alan Chambers, A ^a   Brueggemeyer, Mary T ^b   Miller, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, anatomy; Arteries, dissection; Arteries, vertebral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 1842293379     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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