Endoscopic anatomy of the cerebral aqueduct

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Longatti, Pierluigi ^a   Fiorindi, Alessandro ^a   Perin, Alessandro ^a   Martinuzzi, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cerebral aqueduct; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548681009     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000289705.64931.0c     Document Type: Review

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