Hepatic venous pressure gradient does not correlate with the presence and the severity of portal hypertensive gastropathy in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-277

  Bellis, Lia ^a   Nicodemo, Sabino ^a   Galossi, Alessandra ^a   Guarisco, Riccardo ^a   Spilabotti, Lucia ^a   Durola, Laura ^a   Dell'Unto, Orlando ^a   Puoti, Claudio ^a  

^a Marino Hospital Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Gastropathy; HVPG; Oesophageal varices; Portal pressure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VENOUS PRESSURE;

AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; STOMACH DISEASES; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 34948821223     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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