An Anatomical Study of the Retroaortic Left Renal Vein

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Yoshinaga, Kazuya ^a,b   Kawai, Katsushi ^a   Kodama, Kodo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gross anatomy; Human; Inferior vena cava; Retroaortic left renal vein

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY; RETROPERITONEUM; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE;

EID: 0034240865     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.77.2-3_47     Document Type: Article

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