Hepato-portopulmonary disorders - Not just in adults!

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-395

  Whitworth, John R ^a,b   Sokol, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 26044474895     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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