Understanding the splenic contribution t
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Dympna M. Kelly; Charles Miller
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Much of the work evaluating and predicting portal hypertension and the effect of pharmacological treatment on portal vein pressure emanated from the management of patients with cirrhosis with esophageal varices. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) is the gold standard for assessing portal hemody