Gastric antral vascular ectasia in cirrhotic patients: Absence of relation with portal hypertension

Gut

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 739-742

  Spahr, L ^b   Villeneuve, J P ^b   Dufresne, M P ^b   Tasse D ^b   Bui, B ^b   Willems, B ^b   Fenyves, D ^b   Pomier Layrargues, G ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Gastric antral vascular ectasia; Portacaval shunt; Portal hypertension; Portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0032966043     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.44.5.739     Document Type: Article

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