Correlation between the diameter of the main renal artery and the presence of an accessory renal artery: Sonographic and angiographic evaluation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 433-439

  Aytac, Suat K ^a   Yigit, Hasan ^b   Sancak, Tanzer ^b   Ozcan, Hasan ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteries, abnormalities; Kidney, sonography; Renal angiography; Renal arteries; Renal arteries, sonography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASE CONTROL;

RENAL ARTERY;

ULTRASONICS;

ACCESSORY RENAL ARTERY; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANK SUM TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RENAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 0038640187     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.5.433     Document Type: Article

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