Dural and arachnoid membraneous protection of the abducens nerve at the petroclival region

Skull Base

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 181-188

  Ozveren, M Faik ^a   Uchida, Koichi ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^c   Cobanoglu, Bengu ^a   Akdemir, Ismail ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^b   Deda, Haluk ^c  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Arachnoid membrane; Dural sleeve; Petroclival region; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

LATEX; PARAFFIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DURA MATER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROPROTECTION; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 18744416931     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35749-1     Document Type: Article

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