Do superficial epigastric veins of rats have valves?

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-153

  Valdatta, Luigi ^a   Thioné, Alessandro ^a   Buoro, Mara ^a   Faga, Angela ^a   Congiu, Terenzio ^a   Dall'Orbo, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microsurgery; Rat; Venous valves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGASTRIC VEIN; HEMODYNAMICS; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VALVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN WALL;

EID: 0035095879     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3477     Document Type: Article

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