Superior thyroid artery origin in Caucasian Greeks: A new classification proposal and review of the literature

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 699-705

  Natsis, Konstantinos ^a   Raikos, Athanasios ^a   Foundos, Ioannis ^a   Noussios, George ^a   Lazaridis, Nikolaos ^a   Njau, Samouel N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

carotid artery; dissection; linguofacial trunk; thyrolingual trunk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY; SURGEON; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051475299     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21181     Document Type: Review

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