Portal vein thrombosis following splenectomy: Identification of risk factors

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 951-956

  Fujita, Fumihiko ^a   Lyass, Sergey ^a   Otsuka, Koji ^a   Giordano, Luca ^a   Rosenbaum, David L ^a   Khalili, Theodore M ^a   Phillips, Edward H ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0642338655     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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