Esophageal varices: Evaluation with transabdominal US

Radiology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 647-650

  Kishimoto, Riwa ^a,b   Chen, Minhua ^a,c   Ogawa, Hajime ^a,d   Wakabayashi, Masako N ^b   Kogutt, Marvin S ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^d 041 0821   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus, US; Esophagus, varices; Hypertension, portal; Liver, cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031906538     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.206.3.9494481     Document Type: Article

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