The velum interpositum revisited and redefined

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-135

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Louis Jr , Robert G ^c   Wartmann, Christopher T ^d   Loukas, Marios ^d   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^e   Apaydin, Nihal ^f   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Deep cerebral veins; Tela choroidea; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CEREBELLUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HABENULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PIA MATER; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THALAMUS; TISSUE FIXATION; VELUM INTERPOSITUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIA MATER; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 39649107336     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0293-2     Document Type: Article

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