Configurations of the circle of Willis: A computed tomography angiography based study on a Polish population

Folia Morphologica (Poland)

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Klimek Piotrowska, W ^a   Kopec M ^a   Kochana, M ^a   Krzyzewski, R M ^a   Tomaszewski, K A ^a   Brzegowy, P ^a   Walocha, J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anatomic variations; Cerebral arterial circle; Computed tomography angiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891908386     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/FM.2013.0049     Document Type: Article

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