Assessment of portal hypertension in humans

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 575-589

  Escorsell, Angels ^a   García Pagán, Joan Carles ^a   Bosch, Jaume ^a,b  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH VARICES; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0034848628     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-3261(05)70182-3     Document Type: Article

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