Role of spleen enlargement in cirrhosis with portal hypertension

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-150

  Bolognesi, M ^a   Merkel, C ^a   Sacerdoti, D ^a   Nava, V ^a   Gatta, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Portal blood flow; Splanchnic circulation; Splenectomy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; NADOLOL; TERLIPRESSIN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW; SPLEEN BLOOD FLOW; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT;

ENDOTHELINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0036192097     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80246-8     Document Type: Review

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