Congenital absence of the portal vein - Case report and a review of literature

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 750-758

  Mistinova, Jana ^a   Valacsai, Frantisek ^b   Varga, Ivan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^b ForLife General Hospital Komarno   (Slovakia)

^c Bratislava   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Absence of portal vein; Case report; Development of portal vein; Literature review; Portocaval shunts

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF PORTAL VEIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 77957370160     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21007     Document Type: Article

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