Superficial palmar arch: An arterial diameter study

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Fazan, Valéria Paula Sassoli ^a,b   Borges, Celso Teixeira ^b   da Silva, Jefferson Hilário ^b   Caetano, Abadio Gonçalves ^b   Filho, Omar Andrade Rodrigues ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sch of Med of Triangulo Mineiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial variations; Hand; Median artery; Radial artery; Ulnar artery; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ARTERY; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; RADIAL ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

EID: 1942453733     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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