Partial splenic embolization for the treatment of liver cirrhosis with hypersplenism: Assessment of clinical response and liver function

Japanese Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 526-531

  Numata, Satoshi ^a,b   Akagi, Kimihiro ^a   Sakino, Ikuo ^a,b   Ogata, Hisami ^a,b   Kawadoko, Toshiharu ^a,b   Suzuki, Norihisa ^a,b   Nomiyama, Kensuke ^a,b   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a,b   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^a,b  

^a Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT;

EID: 0030845214     PISSN: 04466586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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