Portal hypertensive colopathy is associated with portal hypertension severity in cirrhotic patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 4781-4787

  Diaz Sanchez, Antonio ^a,b   Nuñez Martinez, Oscar ^a,c   Gonzalez Asanza, Cecilia ^a   Matilla, Ana ^a   Merino, Beatriz ^a   Rincon, Diego ^a   Beceiro, Inmaculada ^d   Catalina, Maria Vega ^a   Salcedo, Magdalena ^a   Bañares, Rafael ^a   Clemente, Gerardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA LEONOR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colopathy; Liver cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; Polyps; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE COLOPATHY; PREVALENCE; VARICOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 73449144747     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.4781     Document Type: Article

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