An anatomico-radiological study of the grooves for occipital sinus in the posterior cranial fossa

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 520-524

  Das, Srijit ^a   Latiff, Azian Abd ^a   Suhaimi, Farihah Haji ^a   Othman, Faizzah Bt ^a   Yahaya, Mohd F ^a   Ahmad, Fairus ^a   Hamid, Hamzani Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gross anatomy; Occipital sinus; Radiology; Surgery; Variations

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349101789     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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