The diameters of common carotid artery and its branches in newborns

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-296

  Şehirli, Ümit S ^a   Yalin, A ^a   Tulay, C M ^a   Cakmak, Y O ^a   Gurdal E ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic plaque; Carotid artery; External carotid; Internal carotid; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NECK; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31044456147     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0322-y     Document Type: Article

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