Preaortic esophageal veins: CT appearance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1535-1538

  Ibukuro, Kenji ^a   Tsukiyama, Toshitaka ^a   Mori, Koichi ^a   Inoue, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0031836121     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.6.9609169     Document Type: Article

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