Clinical and radiologic manifestations of congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts: A comprehensive review

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 707-723

  Alonso Gamarra, Eduardo ^a   Parrón, Manuel ^a   Pérez, Ana ^a   Prieto, Consuelo ^a   Hierro, Loreto ^a   López Santamaría, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79958072843     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.313105070     Document Type: Review

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