Congenital absence of the portal vein with splenomegaly and hypersplenism in a young woman

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Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-110

  Appel, Heiner ^a   Loddenkemper, Christoph ^b   Schirmacher, Peter ^b   Dienes, Hans Peter ^b   Sieper, Jochen ^a   Rudwaleit, Martin ^a   Golder, Werner ^a   Zeitz, Martin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absence of portal vein; Congenital malformation; Hypersplenism; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HILUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038554363     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070398     Document Type: Article

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