Congenital absence of portal vein with multiple hyperplastic nodular lesions in the liver

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-294

  Tanaka, Yasuo ^a   Takayanagi, Masaki ^b   Shiratori, Yasushi ^a   Imai, Yasuo ^a   Obi, Shuntaro ^a   Tateishi, Ryosuke ^a   Kanda, Miho ^a   Fujishima, Tomonori ^a   Akamatsu, Masatoshi ^a   Koike, Yukihiro ^a   Hamamura, Keisuke ^a   Teratani, Takuma ^a   Ishikawa, Takashi ^a   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Kojiro, Masamichi ^c   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Congenital absence of portal vein; Galactosemia; Liver tumors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GALACTOSEMIA; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER TUMOR; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 0038523940     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350300050     Document Type: Article

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