Renal vein occlusion: A review

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1173-1179

  Witz, Misha ^a   Kantarovsky, Alexander ^b   Morag, Baruch ^b   Shifrin, Edward G ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

kidney; renal veins

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY SURGERY; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0029876592     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66206-2     Document Type: Review

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