The effect of anatomic differences on the relationship between renal artery and diaphragmatic crus

K Esen1, S Tok, Yuksel Balci

  • 1Mersin University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Mersin Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi Hastanesi, Radyoloji Bolumu 34. Cadde Yenisehir, Mersin, Turkey. kaanessen@yahoo.com.

Folia Morphologica
|August 24, 2017
PubMed
Abstract

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