Is portal vein cavernous transformation a component of congenital hepatic fibrosis?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1928-1929

  Yonem, Ozlem ^a   Bayraktar, Yusuf ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cavernous transformation of portal vein; Congenital hepatic fibrosis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CAVERNOUS TRANSFORMATION OF PORTAL VEIN; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34248584560     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i13.1928     Document Type: Article

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