Physicians and deritists have long realized the importance of the cavernous sinus because alterations in it may affect the cranial nerves and blood vessels which a r e intimately associated with it. 'We are iiidebted to the staff members of the Department of Anatomy for their suggestions.
Tolerance of cranial nerves of the cavernous sinus to radiosurgery
β Scribed by Roy B Tishler; Jay S Loeffler; L.Dade Lunsford; Christopher Duma; Eben Alexander III; Hanne M Kooy; John C Flickinger
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 889 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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