Left renal vein variations

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Satyapal, K S ^a,b   Kalideen, J M ^a   Haffejee, A A ^b   Singh, B ^b   Robbs, J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Left renal vein; Posterior primary tributary; Renal collar; Retroaortic; Variations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0032945606     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01635058     Document Type: Article

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