Anatomical variation of the brachiocephalic trunk and common carotid artery in neck dissection;Variación anatómica del tronco braquicefálico y arteria carótida común en disecciones de cuello

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 601-603

  Iterezote, Ana Maria ^a   de Medeiros, Alisson Dantas ^b   Barbosa Filho, Rômulo César Costa ^b   Petrella, Selma ^c   de Andrade Junior, Luis Carlos ^a   Marques, Sergio Ricardo ^a   Prates, José Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Medical School   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brachiocephalic trunk; Common carotid artery; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349535831     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022009000200046     Document Type: Article

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