Hematochezia and congenital extrahepatic portocaval shunt with absent portal vein: Successful treatment by liver transplantation [1]

Transplantation

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1404-1406

  Charre, Lionel ^a   Roggen, Francine ^a   Lemaire, Julien ^a   Mathijs, Jules ^a   Goffette, Pierre ^a   Danse, Etienne ^a   Lerut, Jan ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONGENITAL EXTRAHEPATIC PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; PORTAL VEIN; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 8644266673     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000137931.51504.F7     Document Type: Letter

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