Unusual drainage of the testicular veins

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 536-539

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b,c   Salter, E George ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Collateral circulation; Gonadal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTICULAR VEIN; VARICOCELE; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

CADAVER; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTIS; VEINS;

EID: 26444551194     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20135     Document Type: Article

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