Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis represents the most common form of chronic intestinal schistosomiasis. Liver periportal fibrosis, leading to portal hypertension, is the major cause of disease morbidity and mortality, due to massive bleeding of esophageal or gastric varices.1
Portal Hypertension Related to Schistosomiasis Treated with a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt / Grieco, Stefania; Sulekova, Lucia Fontanelli; Nardelli, Silvia; Riggio, Oliviero; Venditti, Mario; Taliani, Gloria. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY. - ISSN 0192-0790. - STAMPA. - 50:7(2016), pp. 608-610. [10.1097/MCG.0000000000000545]
Portal Hypertension Related to Schistosomiasis Treated with a Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
GRIECO, STEFANIA;NARDELLI, SILVIA;RIGGIO, Oliviero;VENDITTI, Mario;TALIANI, Gloria
2016
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Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis represents the most common form of chronic intestinal schistosomiasis. Liver periportal fibrosis, leading to portal hypertension, is the major cause of disease morbidity and mortality, due to massive bleeding of esophageal or gastric varices.1File allegati a questo prodotto
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