Doppler Sonographic Indices in Diagnosing the Nutcracker Phenomenon in a Hematuric Adolescent

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Kavukcu, Salih ^a   Kasap, Belde ^a   Göktay, Yiǧit ^a   Seçil, Mustafa ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Left renal vein; Magnetic resonance angiography; Nutcracker phenomenon; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUTCRACKER PHENOMENON; URETER DISEASE; URETER VARICES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARICOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXERCISE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; RENAL VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0347362598     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10222     Document Type: Article

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