Does the investing layer of the deep cervical fascia exist?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 962-968

  Nash, Lance ^c   Nicholson, Helen D ^a   Zhang, Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 27644489728     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200511000-00010     Document Type: Article

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