Pivotal role of the sub-supracardinal anastomosis in the development and course of the left renal vein

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-361

  Macchi, V ^a   Parenti, A ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a Section of Anatomy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embryology; Inferior vena cava; Renal collar; Supernumerary renal vein; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; CAT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; CATS; HUMANS; RENAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0037635382     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10151     Document Type: Review

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