Splanchnic vein thrombosis and variceal rebleeding in patients with cirrhosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1381-1385

  Amitrano, Lucio ^a   Guardascione, Maria A ^a   Scaglione, Mariano ^c   Menchise, Antonella ^a   Martino, Rossana ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Lanza, Alfonso G ^b   Lampasi, Filippo ^b  

^a Gastroenterology Unit   (Italy)

^b CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Department of Radiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; hemorrhage; prognosis; splanchnic thrombosis; varices

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLANCHNIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENOXAPARIN; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84869474604     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328357d5d4     Document Type: Article

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