Anatomy of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery: Relevance for C1-C2 puncture procedures

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Brinjikji, Waleed ^a,b   Cloft, Harry ^b   Kallmes, David F ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiographic anatomy; C1 C2 puncture; PICA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLOGY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 65349173044     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20785     Document Type: Article

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