Clinical and laboratory differentiation of cirrhosis and extrahepatic portal venous obstruction in children

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-189

  Peter, Lorance ^a   Dadhich, Sunil Kumar ^a   Yachha, Surender Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Hemorrhage; Hypertension; Jaundice; Portal; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SPLENOMEGALY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 0037299040     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.02943.x     Document Type: Article

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