Portal Hypertension in North Indian Children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 585-591

  Arora, N K ^a   Lodha, R ^a   Gulati, S ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Mathur, P ^a   Joshi, Medha S ^a   Arora, N ^a   Mitra, D K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Etiology; Extra hepatic portal hypertension; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032106012     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02730901     Document Type: Article

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