Can proximity of the occipital artery to the greater occipital nerve act as a cause of idiopathic greater occipital neuralgia? An anatomical and histological evaluation of the artery-nerve relationship: Commentary

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2035-2036

  Austad, Eric David ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPRESSION; BRAIN ARTERY; CADAVER; CRANIAL NERVE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GREATER OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURALGIA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL ARTERY; OCCIPITAL NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 34249810063     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260597.27211.d1     Document Type: Note

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