A large spontaneous splenorenal shunt in a patient with liver cirrhosis and uncomplicated portal hypertension

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-255

  Iannello, Silvia ^a   Libertini, Luciano ^b   Martini, Romeo ^a   Spina, Sebastiano ^a   Busacca, Giancarlo ^a   Ricciardi, Nunziato ^b   Andreozzi, Giuseppe Maria ^a   Belfiore, Franscesco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large splenorenal shunt; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hypertension; Splenomegaly; Umbilical vein recanalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SPLENOMEGALY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; STOMACH FUNDUS; UMBILICAL VEIN; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0033499320     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016944     Document Type: Article

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