Intraluminal septation of the basilar artery: Incidence and potential clinical significance

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-195

  Tubbs, R S ^a,b,g   Shaffer, W A ^c   Loukas, M ^d,e   Shoja, M M ^f   Harrigan, M R ^a   Oakes, W J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anomalies; Neurosurgery; Variation; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 53549134942     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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