Variations and anomalies of the posterior communicating artery in northwest Indian brains

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-453

  Sahni, Daisy ^a   Jit, Indar ^a   Lal, Vivek ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Brain; Posterior communicating artery; Variations and anomalies

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CADAVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34648817533     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.11.047     Document Type: Article

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