A rare variation of the inferior alveolar artery with potential clinical consequences

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-346

  Khaki, Amir Afshin ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b,c   Shoja, Mohammadali Mohajel ^a   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^a   Farahani, Ramin Mostofizadeh ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

External carotid; Mandible; Maxillary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 29444434925     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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