Portal vein thrombosis after splenectomy for beta-thalassemia major

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-228

  Al Hawsawi, Zakaria M ^a   Haouimi, Ammar S ^a   Hassan, Ruhul Amin A ^a   Tarawah, Ahmad M ^a  

^a Madina Maternity/Children's Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN F; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SPLENECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 1442351210     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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