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Embryology and Variations of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery

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The anatomical complexity of the vascularization of the posterior cranial fossa finds its greatest expression in the variations in number, origin, morphology and course of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA).

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Valci, L., Bonasia, S., Robert, T. (2023). Embryology and Variations of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery. In: Robert, T., Bonasia, S., Bojanowski, M.W. (eds) Anatomy of Cranial Arteries, Embryology and Variants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32913-5_18

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