Pathological study of idiopathic portal hypertension with an emphasis on cause of death based on records of Annuals of Pathological Autopsy Cases in Japan

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-209

  Sawada, Seiko ^a   Sato, Yasunori ^a   Aoyama, Hajime ^a   Harada, Kenichi ^a   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic failure; Idiopathic portal hypertension; Intestinal infarction; Portal venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC PORTAL HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE INFARCTION; JAPAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESENTERIC ARTERY OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846642540     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04492.x     Document Type: Article

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