Portal vein thrombosis (PVT): A study of 20 non-cirrhotic cases

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 25-26, 2005, Pages 372-376

  Kocher, Gregor ^a   Himmelmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant therapy; Coagulation disorder; Mesenteric venous thrombosis; Myeloproliferative disease; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; UROKINASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN; NAUSEA; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARICOSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 23344452865     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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