The nutcracker syndrome: Its role in the pelvic venous disorders

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 812-819

  Scultetus, Anke H ^a   Villavicencio, J Leonel ^a,b   Gillespie, David L ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RENAL VEINS; STENTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035512617     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118802     Document Type: Article

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