Circle of Willis
"Circle of Willis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A polygonal anastomosis at the base of the brain formed by the internal carotid (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL), proximal parts of the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries (ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), the anterior communicating artery and the posterior communicating arteries.
| Descriptor ID |
D002941
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.228.351
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| Concept/Terms |
Circle of Willis- Circle of Willis
- Willis' Circle
- Circle, Willis'
- Willis Circle
- Cerebral Arterial Circle
- Arterial Circle, Cerebral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Circle of Willis" by people in Profiles.
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Wong GK, Ng SC, Tsang PK, Poon WS. Clipping vs coiling of posterior communicating artery aneurysms with third nerve palsy. Neurology. 2006 Jun 27; 66(12):1959-60; author reply 1959-60.
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AVMAN N, BERING EA. A plastic model for the study of pressure changes in the circle of Willis and major cerebral arteries following arterial occlusion. J Neurosurg. 1961 May; 18:361-5.