Architectonic arrangement of the vasa vasorum of the human great saphenous vein

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-166

  Kachlik, David ^a   Baca, Vaclav ^a   Stingl, Josef ^a   Sosna, Bohumil ^a   Lametschwandtner, Alois ^c   Minnich, Bernd ^c   Setina, Marek ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Architecture; Histology; Human great saphenous vein; Morphology; Saphenous vein; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASA VASORUM;

ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; CARBON; CORROSION CASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 33847049335     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099142     Document Type: Article

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