Fetal development of the retrohepatic inferior vena cava and accessory hepatic veins: Re-evaluation of the Alexander Barry's hypothesis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Jin, Zhe Wu ^a   Cho, Baik Hwan ^a   Murakami, Gen ^b   Fujimiya, Mineko ^c   Kimura, Wataru ^d   Yu, Hee Chul ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Division of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caudate vein; Human fetus; Inferior right hepatic vein; Inferior vena cava; Subcardinal vein

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY HEPATIC VEIN; ADRENAL GLAND; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER; LIVER VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEPATIC VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 77949868462     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20930     Document Type: Article

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