The Budd-Chiari syndrome : a study of diagnosis, haemodynamics and treatment
Symptomatic occlusion of the hepatic veins is a rare condition caused by tumour or thrombus arising either locally or by extension from the inferior vena cava. It is usually called the Budd-Chiari syndrome. The etiology remains unknown in over two-thirds of the patients. Its rarity and interest has...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26484 |