Hyposplenism in alcoholic cirrhosis, facts or artifacts? A comparative analysis with non-alcoholic cirrhosis and extrahepatic portal venous obstruction

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1038-1043

  Satapathy, Sanjay K ^a   Narayan, Sajith ^a   Varma, Neelam ^a   Dhiman, Radija K ^a   Varma, Subhash ^a   Chawla, Yogesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alcoholic cirrhosis; Extrahepatic portal venous obstruction; Hyposplenism; Non alcoholic cirrhosis; Pitted red blood cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HOWELL JOLLY BODIES; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN FUNCTION;

EID: 0034773752     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02567.x     Document Type: Article

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