Variations in the configuration of the circle of Willis

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-106

  Kapoor, Kanchan ^a,c   Singh, Balbir ^a   Dewan, Late Inder Jit ^b  

^a Government Medical College   (India)

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

^c Sector 42B   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior cerebral; Circle of Willis; Communicating arteries; Hypoplastic; Posterior cerebral; Variations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULAR ANEURYSM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 42449089700     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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