Natural history of major complications in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis evaluated by per-rectal portal scintigraphy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3882-3886

  Kawamura, Etsushi ^a   Habu, Daiki ^a   Hayashi, Takehiro ^a   Oe, Ai ^a   Kotani, Jin ^a   Ishizu, Hirotaka ^a   Torii, Kenji ^a   Kawabe, Joji ^a   Fukushima, Wakaba ^a   Tanaka, Takashi ^a   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Shiomi, Susumu ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Liver failure; Natural history; Per rectal portal scintigraphy; Portal shunt index; Porto systematic shunting; Varix

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY;

EID: 22644447499     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i25.3882     Document Type: Article

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