Simultaneous lateral and posterior ponticles resulting in the formation of a vertebral artery tunnel of the atlas: Case report and review of the literature

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-46

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,e   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^b   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^b   Farahani, Ramin M ^b   Loukas, Marios ^c,d   Oakes, W Jerry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atlas; Cervical; Craniocervical; Neck; Variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SKELETON; SKULL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ATLAS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 34447340010     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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