Measurement of hepatic vein pressure gradient in children with chronic liver diseases

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 624-629

  Miraglia, Roberto ^a   Luca, Angelo ^a   Maruzzelli, Luigi ^a   Spada, Marco ^a   Riva, Silvia ^a   Caruso, Settimo ^a   Maggiore, Giuseppe ^b   Gridelli, Bruno ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^c  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascites; Biliary atresia; Diagnosis; Pediatrics; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATIC VEIN PRESSURE GRADIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; WILSON DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 77956267479     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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