Acta Med. 2004, 47: 7-12

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.58

Effect of Nimodipine on Histological Alterations in Basilar Artery Following the Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Ligation (Preliminary Study)

Ümit Özkana, Mehmet Dumlu Aydinb, Mustafa Serdar Kemaloglua, Fahri Yilmazc, Ismail Hakkı Aydind

aDicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Diyarbakır, Turkey
bSSK Hospital, Clinic of Neurosurgery, Erzurum, Turkey
cDicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Diyarbakır, Turkey
dAtatürk University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Erzurum, Turkey

Received July 1, 2003
Accepted November 1, 2003

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