Clinical relevance of perihepatic lymphadenopathy in acute and chronic liver disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 931-936

  Braden, Barbara ^a,b   Faust, Dominik ^a   Ignee, Andre ^c   Schreiber, Dagmar ^c   Hirche, Tim ^a   Dietrich, Christoph Frank ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Medical Department II   (Germany)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Acute liver failure; Hepatitis E virus; Imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PERIHEPATIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; WILSON DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 54549095755     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31811edcf7     Document Type: Article

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