Gallbladder varices: Diagnosis in children with portal hypertension on duplex sonography

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 228-231

  Rathi, P M ^a,b   Soni, A ^a   Nanivadekar, S A ^a   Sawant, Prabha ^a   Bhatnagar, M S ^a   Upadhyay, A P ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Duplex sonography; Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction; Gallbladder varices; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DUODENOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH DISEASE; VARICOSIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0029860020     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199610000-00016     Document Type: Article

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