Types of the cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis) in a Sri Lankan Population

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Silva, K Ranil D ^a   Silva, Rukmal ^a   Amaratunga, Dhammika ^b   Gunasekera, WSL ^c   Jayesekera, Rohan W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HISTOLOGY; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SRI LANKA;

EID: 78651398335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-5     Document Type: Article

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