Portal, splenic, and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis in a patient with latent essential thrombocythemia and hyperhomocysteinemia [3]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-228

  Berk, David R ^a   Ahmed, Aijaz ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANAGRELIDE; HYDROXYUREA; OCTREOTIDE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN VEIN THROMBOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS; VARICOCELE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; PORTAL VEIN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, HEMORRHAGIC; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33748156956     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200603000-00012     Document Type: Letter

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