Medical and surgical management of portal hypertension in children

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 432-443

  Superina, Riccardo A ^a   Alonso, Estella M ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; OCTREOTIDE;

ANAMNESIS; BILOMA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BYPASS SURGERY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATURIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SHUNT THROMBOSIS; SHUNTING; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 33749126527     PISSN: 10928472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02738533     Document Type: Review

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