Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of decompensated liver cirrhosis

JMS - Journal of Medical Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 87-90

  Sharatchandra Singh, L ^a   Jain, A P ^b   Pathak, S ^b  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 3442892446     PISSN: 09724958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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