Elevated Factor VIII and Portal Vein Thrombosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2369-2371

  Julapalli, Venodhar R ^a   Bray, Paul F ^b   Duchini, Andrea ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor VIII; Hypercoagulable states; Liver transplantation; Portal hypertension; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MESENTERIC VEINS; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0345802670     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000007877.17861.0a     Document Type: Article

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