Congenital veno-venous malformations of the liver: Widely variable clinical presentations

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 8 PART2, 2008, Pages

  Witters, Peter ^a,b,c   Maleux, Geert ^b   George, Christophe ^b   Delcroix, Marion ^b   Hoffman, Ilse ^b   Gewillig, Marc ^b   Verslype, Chris ^a,b   Monbaliu, Diethard ^a,b   Aerts, Raymond ^b   Pirenne, Jacques ^b   Van Steenbergen, Werner ^b   Nevens, Frederik ^a,b   Fevery, Johan ^a,b   Cassiman, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Afd Hepatologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Encephalopathy; Portocaval; Veno venous malformations

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JAUNDICE; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PAIN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 48549104170     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05156.x     Document Type: Article

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