## 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
PEO 5010 Portal vein cavernous transformation and portal hypertension in children
β Scribed by A Goldberg; S. Moguillansky; M. Ciocca; M. Cuarterolo; A.M.D. Marin; L. Sasson; D. Filippo
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-5629
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