Reversal of flow in a normal variant of the portal vein

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 317-320

  Ohnami, Yuichi ^a   Ishida, Hideaki ^a   Uno, Atsushi ^a   Konno, Kei ^a   Naganuma, Hiroko ^a   Masamune, Osamu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RESPIRATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0029892857     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199607/08)24:6<317::AID-JCU6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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