A case of merged idiopathic portal hypertension in course of mixed connective tissue disease

Hepatology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-55

  Rai, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ohira, Hiromasa ^a   Fukaya, Etsuko ^a   Abe, Kazumichi ^a   Yokokawa, Junko ^a   Takiguchi, Junko ^a   Shishido, Shoichiro ^a   Sato, Yukio ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Idiopathic portal hypertension; Mixed connective tissue disease; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ABNORMAL FECES COMPOSITION; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

EID: 4344710030     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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