Doppler sonographic assessment of functional response of the right and left portal venous branches to a meal

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-80

  Barbaro, Brunella ^a   Palazzoni, Giovanni ^a   Prudenzano, Raffaele ^a   Cina, Alessandro ^a   Manfredi, Riccardo ^a   Marano, Pasquale ^a  

^a Istituto di Radiologia di Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood flow measurement; Blood supply; Doppler ultrasonography; Liver; Portal blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSTPRANDIAL STATE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0032958957     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199902)27:2<75::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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