Echo-Doppler measurements of portal vein and superior mesenteric artery blood flow in humans: Inter- and intra-observer short-term reproducibility

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-46

  Iwao, Tadashi ^a,b   Toyonaga, Atsushi ^a   Shigemori, Hiroyuki ^a   Oho, Kazuhiko ^a   Sumino, Michihiro ^a   Sato, Masahiro ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echo Doppler; Portal vein blood flow; Reproducibility; Superior mesenteric artery blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

EID: 0029912263     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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