Variations in the intracranial vertebrobasilar system

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Songur, Ahmet ^a   Gonul, Yucel ^a   Ozen, Oguz Aslan ^a   Kucuker, Hudaverdi ^a   Uzun, Ibrahim ^b   Bas, Orhan ^a   Toktas, Muhsin ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomical variation; Anatomy; Basilar artery; Vertebral artery; Vertebrobasilar system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; CADAVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TURKEY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 42449121337     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0309-6     Document Type: Article

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