Cirrhosis-related intrathoracic disease. Imaging features in 1038 patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 62, 2005, Pages 558-562

  Malagari, K ^a,b   Nikita, A ^a   Alexopoulou, E ^a   Brountzos, E ^a   Papathanasiou, M ^a   Mitromaras, J ^a   Zakynthinos, E ^a   Papiris, S ^a   Kelekis, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Emphysema; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; HRCT; Interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; THORACIC DUCT; THORAX DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOLES; BRONCHI; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; THORACIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 16344389709     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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