Ultrasound in portal hypertension - Part 1;Ultraschall bei Pfortaderhochdruck-Teil 1

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 548-571

  Berzigotti, A ^a   Piscaglia, F ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CATHETERIZATION; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; LIVER VEIN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CATHETERIZATION; CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 82955225344     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281856     Document Type: Article

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