Overlap of idiopathic portal hypertension and scleroderma: Report of two autopsy cases and a review of literature

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Tsuneyama, Koichi ^a   Harada, Kenichi ^a   Katayanagi, Kazuyoshi ^a,d   Watanabe, Kishichiro ^b   Kurumaya, Hiroshi ^d   Minato, Hiroshi ^c   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Idiopathic portal hypertension; Scleroderma; Vascular damage

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN FIBROSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0036224238     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02587.x     Document Type: Article

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