Nutcracker syndrome in children with gross haematuria: Doppler sonographic evaluation of the left renal vein

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 682-686

  Cheon, Jung Eun ^a   Kim, Woo Sun ^a   Kim, In One ^a   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a   Yeon, Kyung Mo ^a   Ha, Il Soo ^a   Cheong, Hae Il ^a   Choi, Yong ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Doppler; Haematuria; Nutcracker syndrome; Renal veins; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PHLEBOGRAPHY; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; NUTCRACKER SYNDROME; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STUDENT T TEST; VARICOCELE; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RENAL VEINS; ROC CURVE; SYNDROME;

EID: 33745101691     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0145-y     Document Type: Article

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