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Iliac Vein

"Iliac Vein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A vein on either side of the body which is formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins and passes upward to join with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Iliac Vein" by people in this website by year, and whether "Iliac Vein" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 17 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2004
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