Liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-507

  Garcia Tsao, Guadalupe ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; INTERFERON; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL ANGINA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISTAXIS; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; FEMALE; FOCAL NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 33846564415     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.12.008     Document Type: Review

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