Partial Splenic Embolization: Successful treatment of hypersplenism, secondary to biliary cirrhosis and portal hypertension in cystic fibrosis

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-214

  Aslanidou, Eleni ^a   Fotoulaki, Maria ^a   Tsitouridis, Ioannis ^b   Nousia Arvanitakis, Sanda ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Hypersplenism; Partial Splenic Embolization

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE MUTATION; HEMATEMESIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM CARE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147177583     PISSN: 15691993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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