EUS for portal hypertension: A comprehensive and critical appraisal of clinical and experimental indications

Endoscopy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 690-696

  El Saadany, M ^a   Jalil, S ^b   Irisawa, A ^c   Shibukawa, G ^c   Ohira, H ^c   Bhutani, Manoop S ^d  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOACRYLATE; SCLEROSING AGENT; SOMATOSTATIN; TERLIPRESSIN;

AZYGOS VEIN; BLEEDING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DUODENUM DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM MUCOSA; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH VARICES; THORACIC DUCT; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DILATATION;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 49749138461     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1077400     Document Type: Review

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