Portal vein thrombosis following endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy: Prospective controlled comparison in patients with cirrhosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-190

  Politoske, Douglas ^a   Ralls, Philip ^a   Korula, Jacob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler flow sonography; Endoscopic sclerotherapy; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROTHERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030062156     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208603     Document Type: Article

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