Congenital absence of portal vein associated with nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and pulmonary hypertension

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-325

  Peker, Ahmet ^a   Ucar, Tayfun ^a   Kuloglu, Zarife ^a   Ceyhan, Koray ^a   Tutar, Ercan ^a   Fitoz, Suat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Congenital absence; Magnetic resonance imaging; Portal vein; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL ABSENCE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEINS; PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

GADOLINIUM; SILDENAFIL; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN AGENESIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 67449113781     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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