Hemodynamic investigation of the left renal vein in pediatric varicocele: Doppler US, venography, and pressure measurements

Radiology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 228-234

  Kim, Woo Sun ^a   Cheon, Jung Eun ^a,b   Kim, In One ^a   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a   Yeon, Kyung Mo ^a   Kim, Kwang Myung ^b   Choi, Hwang ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; NUTCRACKER PHENOMENON; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VARICOCELE; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOCELE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 33748944137     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2411050271     Document Type: Article

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