Current management of portal hypertension

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 992-1005

  Wright, Andrew S ^a   Rikkers, Layton F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Liver; Portal hypertension; Variceal hemmorhage

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; REVIEW;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC;

EID: 24044458567     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.09.028     Document Type: Review

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