Origins of the gonadal artery: Embryologic implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-432

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b,c   Shakeri, Abolhassan B ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c ACC 400 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant; Accessory; Anatomy; Gonadal artery; Renal artery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL ARTERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY DONOR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL ARTERY; TESTIS;

EID: 34247265590     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20438     Document Type: Article

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