Acta Med. 2016, 59: 70-71

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.55

Abnormal Origin and Course of the Accessory Phrenic Nerve: Case Report

George Paraskevasa,*, Konstantinos Koutsouflianiotisa, Panagiotis Kitsoulisb, Ioannis Spyridakisa

aDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
bDepartment of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

Received September 2, 2015
Accepted March 16, 2016

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