The basilar venous plexus

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 755-759

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b,g   Hansasuta, Ake ^f   Loukas, Marios ^d,e   Louis Jr , Robert G ^d   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^c   Salter, E George ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cranium; Intracranial; Sinus; Veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLIVUS; COCHLEA DUCT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; PETROUS BONE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DISEASE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL BASE;

EID: 35148870505     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20494     Document Type: Article

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