Surgical treatment of a patient with idiopathic portal hypertension and hepatic encephalopathy

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 41, 2001, Pages 1461-1463

  Ohta, M ^a   Shimada, T ^a   Matsufuji, H ^a   Yukizane, T ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Sugimachi, K ^a  

^a MATSUYAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Idiopathic portal hypertension; Portosystemic shunt; Splenorenal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVASCULARIZATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ATROPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL VEINS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034781494     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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