Current concepts on the pathophysiology of portal hypertension
Cirrhosis of the liver is by far the most common cause of portal hypertension in the western world. Portal hypertension is a frequent clinical syndrome, defined by a pathological increase in the portal venous pressure. When the portal pressure gradient (the difference between pressures in the portal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119319507 |