## Abstract Two cases of Gaucher's disease with portal hypertension are dscribed, of which one was relieved by splenectomy and the other, which had recurrent bleeding from oesophageal varices, by portacaval anastomosis. These cases demonstrate that portal hypertension in this condition may be due t
Lessons from glucosylceramide and Gaucher’s disease
✍ Scribed by Friedrich C. Luft
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0946-2716
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