Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava revealed on CT in patients with deep vein thrombosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 729-732

  Gayer, G ^a,b,c   Luboshitz, J ^b,d   Hertz, M ^a,b   Zissin, R ^b,e   Thaler, M ^a,b   Lubetsky, A ^b,d   Bass, A ^b,c   Korat, A ^a,b   Apter, S ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d The Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis   (Israel)

^e MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037370658     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.3.1800729     Document Type: Article

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