The occipital artery: A microanatomical study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Alvernia, Jorge E ^a   Fraser, Kenneth ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UICOMP   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolization; Intra extracranial bypass; Microsurgical anatomy; Occipital artery; Occipital vertebral anastomosis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; MASTOID; NECK MUSCLE; OCCIPITAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS; SPLENIUM CAPITIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33644617197     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000193519.00443.34     Document Type: Article

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