Fetal carotid-vertebrobasilar anastomoses: Persistent hypoglossal artery associated with further variations of the circle of Willis

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Guerri Guttenberg, Roberto Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Associated pathologies; Carotid vertebrobasilar anastomoses; Hypoglossal artery; Hypoplastic vertebral arteries; Posterior communicating artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PERSISTENT HYPOGLOSSAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; HUMANS; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 63449136102     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0406-6     Document Type: Article

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