MR angiography of esophageal mural veins in portal hypertension: A correlation with endoscopic grades of esophageal varices

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-279

  Erden, Ayşe ^a   Idilman, Ramazan ^a   Erden, Ilhan ^a   Bektaş, Mehmet ^a   Özden, Ali ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; MR angiography; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957684428     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2010.0100     Document Type: Article

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