Portal hypertensive enteropathy before and after variceal obliteration: An endoscopic, histopathologic and immunohistochemical study

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-179

  El Khayat, Hisham R ^a   El Khattib, Ahmed ^b   Nosseir, Mona ^a   Ezz, Mohamed Aboul ^a   El Amin, Hussein ^c   Fouad, Yasser M ^d  

^a THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Enteroscopy; Esophageal varices; Portal hypertension; Portal hypertensive enteropathy

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPE; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE ENTEROPATHY; STOMACH BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDER;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BIOPSY; DUODENUM; EGYPT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 77954670355     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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