Study of the left renal variations by means of magnetic resonance imaging

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-270

  Dilli, Alper ^a   Ayaz, Umit Yasar ^b   Karabacak, Osman Raif ^a   Tatar, Idil Gunes ^a   Hekimoglu, Baki ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Mersin Women's and Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circumaortic renal vein; Inferior vena cava; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal veins; Retroaortic renal vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CIRCUMAORTIC LEFT RENAL VEIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROAORTIC LEFT RENAL VEIN; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL VEINS;

EID: 84863532608     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0833-7     Document Type: Review

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