Unusual isolated ossification of falx cerebri: A case report

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 54-55

  Rao, Suresh Rangoji ^a   Rao, Tantradi Ramesh ^a   Ovchinnikov, Nicholl ^a   McRae, Amanda ^a   Rao, Adidam Venkate Chalapathi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Durameter; Meninges; Ossification; Talk carebri

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FALX; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINX; OSSIFICATION;

EID: 40749122551     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: 13031775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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