Congenital hypoplasia of the inferior vena cava: An underappreciated cause of deep venous thromboses among young adults

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 739-742

  Lane, David A ^a  

^a US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; VEIN MALFORMATION; VENOUS STASIS;

EID: 24944432277     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.9.739     Document Type: Article

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