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Fenestrated Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery with Concomitant Vertebro-Basilar Junction Fenestration and Vertebral Artery Aneurysm

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Kumar, S., Justin, E. & Mishra, N. Fenestrated Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery with Concomitant Vertebro-Basilar Junction Fenestration and Vertebral Artery Aneurysm. Clin Neuroradiol 22, 235–237 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-011-0070-9

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