Portal vein thrombosis and chronic liver disease progression: The closer you look the more you see

Hepatology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 342-343

  Giannini, Edoardo G ^a   Stravitz, R Todd ^b   Caldwell, Stephen H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84952638698     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27875     Document Type: Letter

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