Dural relationships of meckel cave and lateral wall of the cavernous sinus

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Janjua, Rashid M ^a   Al Mefty, Ossama ^b   Densler, Duane W ^a   Shields, Christopher B ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Dura mater; Meckel cave; Meninges; Microsurgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DURA MATER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; CRANIAL NERVES; DURA MATER; HUMANS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 67650178619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.12.E2     Document Type: Article

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