Anatomical and radiological evidence for the iliolumbar vein as an inferior lumbar venous system

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Hamid, M ^a,b   Toussaint, P J ^b   Delmas, V ^b   Gillot, C ^b   Coutaux, A ^c   Plaisant, O ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GH Pitié Salpêtrière ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Ascending lumbar vein; Iliolumbar vein; Lumbar vertebral venous plexus; Superior iliac vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; CADAVER; CORROSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

EID: 34250799666     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20489     Document Type: Article

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