Colour doppler imaging of shunts from the left portal branch in portal hypertension: Description of a typical pattern

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-567

  Nilsson, A ^a   Olofsson, P A ^b   Loren I ^a   Nilsson, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Malmö University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler flow imaging; Portal vein, hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BIOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0032161323     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841859809172226     Document Type: Article

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