Left renal vein hypertension as a cause of persistent gross hematuria

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 468-472

  Challenger, Robert J ^a   Dougherty, W Scott ^a   Flisak, Michael E ^a   Flanigan, Robert C ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY PHLEBOGRAPHY; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; STENOSIS;

EID: 0030248566     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00205-1     Document Type: Article

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