The development and clinical features of splenic aneurysm associated with liver cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-297

  Sunagozaka, Hajime ^a   Tsuji, Hirokazu ^a,b   Mizukoshi, Eishiro ^a   Arai, Kuniaki ^a   Kagaya, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Tatsuya ^a   Sakai, Akito ^a   Nakamoto, Yasunari ^a   Honda, Masao ^a   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanazawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriography; Liver cirrhosis; Rupture; Splenic aneurysm; Splenic artery diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SPLEEN ANGIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENIC ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENIC ARTERY;

EID: 33644803906     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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