Evaluation of therapeutic effects on rectal varices using percutaneous color Doppler ultrasonography

Hepatology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 694-699

  Sato, Takahiro ^a   Yamazaki, Katsu ^a   Toyota, Jouji ^a   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^a   Ohmura, Takumi ^a   Akaike, Jun ^a  

^a Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy; Partial splenic arterial embolization; Portal hypertension; Rectal varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL VARICES; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOSIS;

EID: 67649574231     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2009.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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