Gallbladder varices - A case report

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-168

  Mishin, Igor ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY NICOLAE TESTEMITANU   (Moldova)

^b NONE   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Gallbladder; Portal hypertension; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER VARIX; HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SPLENECTOMY; VARICOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 21644483863     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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