An infant with pulmonary hypertension due to a congenital porto-caval shunt

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 660-662

  Ersch, Jörg ^a,b   Bänziger, Oskar ^a   Braegger, Christian ^a   Arbenz, Urs ^a   Stallmach, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lung vessel; Plexogenic arteriopathy; Portal hypertension; Toxic metabolites

Indexed keywords

PANCREAS ENZYME; TOXIN;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEART DILATATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PLACENTA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PLACENTA; PORTAL VEIN; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036450833     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1096-4     Document Type: Article

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