Proatlantal intersegmental artery: A review of normal and pathological features

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-421

  Vasović, Ljiljana ^a   Mojsilović, Marijola ^a   Ancrossed D Signelković, Zlatibor ^b   Jovanović, Ivan ^a   Arsić, Stojanka ^a   Vlajković, Slobodan ^a   Milenković, Zoran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adult; Carotid vertebral anastomosis; Embryo; Fetus; Human artery

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANATOMY; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN VEIN; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCULATION; CRANIAL SINUS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENINGEAL ARTERY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROATLANTAL INTERSEGMENTAL ARTERY; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 62449084883     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0765-7     Document Type: Review

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