Anatomy and etiology of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction in children leading to bleeding esophageal varices

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 543-547

  Ando, Hisami ^a   Kaneko, Kenitiro ^a   Ito, Fujio ^a   Seo, Takahiko ^a   Watanabe, Yoshio ^a   Ito, Takahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 0029852724     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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