Portal vein thrombosis secondary to hyperhomocysteinemia: A case report

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1218-1220

  Tan, Ken Jin ^a,b   Chow, Pierce K H ^a   Tan, Yu Meng ^a   Thng, Choon Hua ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Adam Park   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hyperhomocysteinemia; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33748416345     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-8036-5     Document Type: Article

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