Complete ossification of the human falx cerebri

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-150

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Kelly, David R ^b   Lott, Robert ^c   Salter, E George ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Baptist Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranium; Dura mater; Meninges

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CADAVER; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MINERALIZATION; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TRABECULAR BONE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; CADAVER; CARCINOMA; DURA MATER; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 33644539269     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20162     Document Type: Article

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