The clinical significance of a retroaortic left renal vein

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 276-280

  Nam, Jong Kil ^a   Park, Sung Woo ^a   Lee, Sang Don ^a   Chung, Moon Kee ^a  

^a Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Renal veins; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY VEIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHRECTOMY; PYELOPLASTY; RETROAORTIC LEFT RENAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; VARICOCELE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 77951664285     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2010.51.4.276     Document Type: Article

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