Portal vein thrombosis due to hyperhomocysteinemia caused by vitamin B-12 deficiency

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2362-2363

  Kanbay, Mehmet ^a   Karakus, Sema ^a   Yilmaz, Ugur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; Homocysteine; Portal vein thrombosis; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 30844431987     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-3064-0     Document Type: Article

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