The congenital intrahepatic arterioportal fistula syndrome: Elucidation and proposed classification

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-255

  Norton, Seamus P ^a   Jacobson, Kevan ^a,e   Moroz, Stanley P ^b   Culham, Gordon ^a   Ng, Vicky ^c   Turner, Justine ^d   John, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterioportal fistula; Congenital; Embolization; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Malabsorption; Pediatrics; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTRAHEPATIC ARTERIOPORTAL FISTULA SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELENA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FISTULA;

EID: 33746860400     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000221890.13630.ad     Document Type: Article

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