INCIDENCE OF TRAUMATIC CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTIONS: RESULTS OF CERVICAL VESSEL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAM AS A MANDATORY SCAN COMPONENT IN SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS

Incidence of traumatic carotid and vertebral artery dissections: results of cervical vessel computed tomography angiogram as a mandatory scan component in severely injured patients

Andreas Schicho,1 Lukas Luerken,1 Ramona Meier,1 Antonio Ernstberger,2 Christian Stroszczynski,1 Andreas Schreyer,1 Lena-Marie Dendl,1 Stephan Schleder1 1Department of Radiology, 2Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the true incidence Towels of cervical artery d

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Sesquiterpene Lactones and Flavonoids from Psephellus pyrrhoblepharus with Antiproliferative Activity on Human Gynecological Cancer Cell Lines

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