The infra-optic course of the anterior cerebral arteries: An anatomic case report

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-392

  Peltier, Jojo ^a,b   Fichten, A ^b   Havet, E ^a   Page, C ^a   Foulon, P ^a   Laude, M ^a   Gars, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anterior cerebral artery; Cerebral arteries; Developmental anomaly; Dissection; Infra optic course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY MALFORMATION; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT;

EID: 34547117854     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0221-5     Document Type: Article

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