The value of serial Doppler ultrasound as a predictor of clinical outcome and the need for transplantation in fulminant and severe acute liver failure

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue FEB., 1999, Pages 134-143

  Deasy, Neil P ^a   Wendon, J ^a   Meire, H B ^a   Sidhu, P S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN; ULTRASOUND; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0033046524     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.854.10365062     Document Type: Article

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