Doppler sonography measurement of portal blood flow velocity after glucagon injection in patients with chronic HCV infection

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 723-726

  Sereno, Silvia ^a   Toccaceli, Fabrizio ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a   Iacomi, Fabio ^a   Zardi, Enrico Maria ^a   Laghi, Vittorio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Glucagon; HCV infection; Portal flow velocity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRUSES;

LIVER HISTOLOGICAL DAMAGE;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

GLUCAGON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GLUCAGON; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034997905     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00347-7     Document Type: Article

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