Morphometric three-dimensional computed tomography anatomy of the hypoglossal canal

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Bulsara, Ketan R ^a   Asaoka, Katsuyuki ^b   Aliabadi, Hamid ^c   Kanaly, Charles ^c   Friedman, Allan ^c   Fukushima, Takanori ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carolina Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoglossal canal; Three dimensional CT; Transcondylar

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649153527     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-008-0143-7     Document Type: Article

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