Cavernous transformation of the portal vein is associated with pancreatic duct atrophy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 954-960

  Bayraktar, Yusuf ^a,b   Balkanci, Ferhun ^a   Bayraktar, Miyase ^a   Koseoglu, Tankut ^a   SerapArslan, ^c   Uzunalimoglu, Bedri ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^b   Kayhan, Burhan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Dept of Medicine Gastroenterology ^*

Author keywords

Atrophy; ERCP; Pancreatic duct; Portal hypertension; Portal vein; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS DUCT; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029838537     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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