Congenital multiple intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: An autopsy case

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 425-431

  Takahashi, Seishiro ^a   Yoshida, Eriko ^a   Sakanishi, Yasushi ^a   Tohyama, Norihiro ^a   Ayhan, Ayse ^a   Ogawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AUTOPSY; CONGENITAL INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; PORTAL VEIN; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84891771820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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