The natural history of pancreatitis-induced splenic vein thrombosis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 876-882

  Heider, T Ryan ^a   Azeem, Samreen ^a   Galanko, Joseph A ^b   Behrns, Kevin E ^a,b   Nealon, William H ^c   Nakeeb, Attila ^c   Rikkers, Layton F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VARICOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 2442677920     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000128685.74686.1e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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