Morphometry of medial gaps of human brain artery branches

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1153-1157

  Canham, Peter B ^a   Finlay, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Cerebral arteries histomorphometry; Connective tissue disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 2142762519     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000124926.76836.df     Document Type: Article

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