Thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly: An unusual presentation of congenital hepatic fibrosis

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Poala, Serena Botto ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^a   Colombatti, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULTRASOUND; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77951939290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-4     Document Type: Article

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