Helical CT phlebography of the superior vena cava: Diagnosis and evaluation of venous obstruction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1327-1333

  Qanadli, Salah D ^a,b   El Hajjam, Mostafa ^a   Bruckert, Fréderic ^a   Judet, Olivia ^a   Barré, Olivier ^a   Chagnon, Sophie ^a   Lacombe, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032724788     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.5.10227511     Document Type: Article

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