Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography of the galenic system for the occipital transtentorial approach

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 387-393

  Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Nakajima, Masateru ^a   Ikeda, Hisato ^a   Abe, Takumi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ikegami General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galenic system; Occipital transtentorial approach; Pineal region; Three dimensional computed tomography angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GALEN VEIN; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24744471009     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.387     Document Type: Article

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