Angiographic findings and clinical implications of persistent primitive hypoglossal artery

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Vlychou, Marianna ^a   Georganas, Marios ^a   Spanomichos, Georgios ^a   Kanavaros, Panagiotis ^b   Artinopoulos, Christos ^a   Zavras, Georgios M ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dorsoventral anastomosis; primitive hypoglossal artery; Segmental arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMITIVE HYPOGLOSSAL ARTERY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 2542497054     PISSN: 14712342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-3-2     Document Type: Article

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