Reflux in the left ovarian vein: Analysis of MDCT findings in asymptomatic women

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1411-1415

  Hiromura, Tadao ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^b   Nishioka, Seiko ^a   Ikeda, Hiroyuki ^a   Tomita, Kazuo ^a  

^a Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; OVARIAN VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PARITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PARITY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VEINS;

EID: 16544387158     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831411     Document Type: Article

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