The surgical anatomy of the anomalous posterior communicating artery

International Congress Series

Volumn 1259, Issue C, 2004, Pages 3-10

  Avci, Emel ^a   Baskaya, Mustafa K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Circle of Willis; Posterior communicating artery; Vascular anomalous

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051980422     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5131(03)01408-0     Document Type: Article

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