Sinistral portal hypertension

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-177

  Thompson, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Mark A ^a   McKie, Lloyd D ^a   Diamond, Thomas ^a  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric varices; Left sided portal hypertension; Sinistral portal hypertension; Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MELENA; METASTASIS; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW; SOMATOSTATINOMA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH VARICES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748146445     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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