Idiopathic non-cirrhotic intrahepatic portal hypertension: Common cause of cryptogenic intrahepatic portal hypertension in a Southern Indian tertiary hospital

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 83-87

  Madhu, Kadiyala ^a   Avinash, Balekuduru ^a   Ramakrishna, Banumathi ^a   Eapen, C E ^a   Shyamkumar, N K ^a   Zachariah, Uday ^a   Chandy, George ^a   Kurian, George ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic cirrhosis; Hepatic vein pressure gradient; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIARY TRACT FIBROSIS; BLEEDING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INDIAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON CIRRHOTIC INTRAHEPATIC PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449094561     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-009-0030-3     Document Type: Article

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