Expert pediatric opinion on the report of the Baveno IV consensus workshop on methodology of diagnosis and therapy in portal hypertension

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 893-907

  Shneider, Benjamin ^a   Emre, Sukru ^a   Groszmann, Roberto ^b   Karani, John ^c   McKiernan, Patrick ^d   Sarin, Shiv ^e   Shashidhar, Harohalli ^f   Squires, Robert ^g   Superina, Riccardo ^h   De Ville De Goyet, Jean ⁱ   De Franchis, Roberto ^j  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENBUCRILATE; NITRATE; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TERLIPRESSIN; VAPREOTIDE; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENDOSCOPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH VARICES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CHILD; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL;

EID: 33750597370     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00597.x     Document Type: Review

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