Peritoneal Fibrosis in Cirrhotics Treated with Peritoneovenous Shunting for Ascites: An Autopsy Study with Clinical Correlations

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 571-577

  Stanley, Malcolm M ^a   Reyes, Cesar V ^a   Greenlee, Herbert B ^a   Nemchausky, Bernard ^a   Reinhardt, George F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ascites; Generalized peritoneal fibrosis; Hepatic cirrhosis; Intestinal obstruction; Peritoneovenous shunts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITES; AUTOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLELITHIASIS; FIBROSIS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PERITONEOVENOUS SHUNT; PERITONEUM; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029980614     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02282343     Document Type: Article

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