Plastination in the teaching of Neuroanatomy

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-89

  Murillo, Olga Roda ^a,b   Lopez Soler M ^a   Roda Murillo, A ^a   Ramirez Ortiz I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neuroanatomy; Plastination techniques; Teaching

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROANATOMY; PLASTINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

EID: 33750362048     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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