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Described are:
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Length and width values of the rhomboid fossa.
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Number and development of the transverse and oblique striae in the bottom area of the fourth ventricle.
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The course of the facial nerve inside the pons and the medulla oblongata.
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Some fiber tracts and nuclei in the tegmentum pontis and the medulla oblongata.
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A very thick arcuato-cerebellar tract.
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The results of our investigations are compared with descriptions of other researchers.
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Dedicated to our dear friend, Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Koos, Direktor der Neurochirurgischen Universitätsklinik Wien, on occasion of his 60th birthday.
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Lang, J., Ohmachi, N. & Sen, J.L. Anatomical landmarks of the rhomboid fossa (floor of the 4th ventricle), its length and its width. Acta neurochir 113, 84–90 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01402120
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