Incidence of the retroaortic left renal vein in patients with varicocele

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-604

  Karazincir, Sinem ^a   Balci, Ali ^a   Görür, Sadik ^a   Sumbas, Haldun ^a   Kiper, Ahmet N ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color duplex ultrasonography; Retroaortic left renal vein; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COLOR DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VARICOSE VEIN;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROAORTIC LEFT RENAL VEIN; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOCELE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 34247577757     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.5.601     Document Type: Article

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