Insight into congenital absence of the portal vein: Is it rare?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 5969-5979

  Hu, Guo Hua ^a   Shen, Lai Gen ^a   Yang, Jin ^a   Mei, Jin Hua ^a   Zhu, Yue Feng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abernethy malformation; Congenital absence of portal vein; Focal nodular hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

AGENESIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN AGENESIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; VEIN LIGATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INCIDENCE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INCIDENCE; PORTAL VEIN; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 59849108168     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5969     Document Type: Review

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