History of the vertebral venous plexus and the significant contributions of breschet and batson

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1007-1014

  Nathoo, Narendra ^a   Caris, Elizabeth C ^a   Wiener, Judith A ^a   Mendel, Ehud ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Batson; Breschet; History; Neurological; Veins; Vertebral venous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVA VEIN; CRANIAL SINUS; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SPINE; SURGEON; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VERTEBRAL VEIN;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FRANCE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINE; UNITED STATES; VEINS;

EID: 80053631929     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182274865     Document Type: Article

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