Persistent patency of the ductus venosus: Consequence of portal hypertension in an infant?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 559-561

  Strouse, Peter J ^a   DiPietro, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; PEDIATRICS;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DUCTUS VENOSUS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031214870     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.8.559     Document Type: Article

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