Ductal plate malformation and congenital hepatic fibrosis. Clinical and histological findings in four patients

Hepatology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-150

  Giouleme, Olga ^a   Nikolaidis, Nikolaos ^a   Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Patsiaoura, Kalliopi ^a   Vassiliadis, Themistoklis ^a   Grammatikos, Nikolaos ^a   Papanikolaou, Vassilios ^a   Eugenidis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital hepatic fibrosis; Distal splenorenal shunting; Ductal plate malformation; Endoscopic variceal ligation; Fibrocystic diseases of the liver; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BILE DUCT MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIGATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; STOMACH VARICES;

EID: 33646773608     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.02.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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