## DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, LONDON CAVERNOUS transformation of the portal vein is a not uncommon finding i n patients with portal hypertension due to extrahepatic portal obstruction. T h e condition was first described clearly by Kobrich in 1903, since when many cases have b
Cavernous transformation of the portal vein
β Scribed by Parker, R. A. ;Seal, R. M. E.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1955
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 809 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-3494
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