Portal Vein Thrombosis Complicating Neonatal Hepatic Abscess

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 997-1001

  Aggarwal, Sandeep ^b   Mathur, N B ^a   Garg, Anju ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Neonatal hepatic abscess; Portal cavernoma; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG TUMOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PORTAL CAVERNOMA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; PORTAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0142022958     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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