Morphological characteristics of cerebral aneurysm of Willis' circle: A direct anatomical study;Características morfológicas de aneurimas cerebrales del polígono de Willis: Estudio anatómico directo

Neurocirugia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-116

  Quintero Oliveros, Silvia Tatiana ^a   Ballesteros Acun L E ^a   Ayala Pimentel, J O ^a   Forero Porras, P L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b Instituto de Medicina Legal Y Ciencias Forenses   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Circle of Willis; Mestizo population; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS ANEURYSM; COLOMBIA; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; CADAVER; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COLOMBIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651171503     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1473(09)70177-0     Document Type: Article

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