Endoscopic ultrasonographic study of the azygos vein in patients with varices

Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 748-750

  Salama, Z A ^a,c   Kassem, A M ^a   Giovannini, M ^b   Hunter, M S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH VARICES; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0030728010     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004301     Document Type: Article

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