The accessory soleus muscle: Case report and a review of the literature

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 881-884

  Reis, Francisco Prado ^a,d   Aragão, José Aderval ^b   Fernandes, Atson Carlos De Souza ^c   Feitosa, Vera Lúcia Corrêa ^b   Fakhouri, Ricardo ^b   Nunes, Marco Antonio Prado ^a  

^a TIRADENTES UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accessory soleus muscle; Anatomical variation; Muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449117955     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022007000400032     Document Type: Article

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