The clinical complexity of splenic vein thrombosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 558-562

  Han, David C ^a,b,c   Feliciano, David V ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fgrady Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH VARICES; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031837116     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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