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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Clinical Course of Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis

G. D’amicoL. Pagliaro

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyCirrhosisbusiness.industryPortal venous pressurePortal hypertensive gastropathySchistosomiasismedicine.diseaseGastroenterologyPortal vein thrombosisEsophageal varicesInternal medicinePortal fibrosismedicinePortal hypertensionbusiness

description

Portal hypertension is caused by liver cirrhosis in almost %% of patients in Europe and in North America. Other causes such as hepato-splenic schistosomiasis, noncirrhotic portal fibrosis and extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis are more common in Asia and South America.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57116-9_2