Clinical aspects of bleeding complications in cirrhotic patients

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 11, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Craxì, Antonio ^b   Camma C ^a   Giunta, M ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Clinica Medica   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Haemostasis; Portal hypertension; rFVIIa; Variceal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH VARICES; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0034040808     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200004001-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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