## 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
Plasma Thrombopoietin in Patients With Cavernous Transformation of the Portal Vein
✍ Scribed by Hakan Göker; Türker Egesel; Sema Karakuş; Ibrahim C. Haznedaroglu; Şule Apraş; Yahya Büyükaşik; Nilgün Sayinalp; Osman I. özcebe; Semra Dundar; Şerafettin Kirazli; Yusuf Bayraktar
- Publisher
- Carden Jennings Publishing
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 61 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0925-5710
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