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Clinical Characteristics Of Caroli'S Disease
(W J G Press, 2007)
Caroli's disease is a rare congenital condition characterized by non-obstructive saccular or fusiform dilatation of larger intrahepatic bile ducts. Cholangitis, liver cirrhosis, and cholangiocarcinoma are its potential ...
Clinical Characteristics Of Caroli'S Syndrome
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2007)
Caroli's syndrome is characterized by multiple segmental cystic or saccular dilatations of intrahepatic bile ducts associated with congenital hepatic fibrosis. The clinical features of this syndrome reflect both the ...
Five Years' Experience With Capsule Endoscopy In A Single Center
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2009)
Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a novel technology that facilitates highly effective and noninvasive imaging of the small bowel. Although its efficacy in the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) has been proven ...
Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction: Three Similar Syndromes
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2007)
Our goal is to provide a detailed review of venoocclusive disease (VOD), Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS), and congestive hepatopathy(CH), all of which results in hepatic venous outflow obstruction. This is the first article in ...
Clinical Characteristics Of Idiopathic Portal Hypertension
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2007)
Idiopathic portal hypertension is one of the interesting causes of portal hypertension. Even in very developed medical centers, this disorder is still one of the most important misdiagnoses of clinical practice. To ...
Non-Classical Phenotypes Of Autoimmune Hepatitis And Advances In Diagnosis And Treatment
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2009)
Non-classical manifestations of autoimmune hepatitis can delay diagnosis and treatment. Our aims were to describe the clinical phenotypes that can confound the diagnosis, detail scoring systems that can ensure their ...
Portal Hypertension Due To Portal Venous Thrombosis: Etiology, Clinical Outcomes
(W J G Press, 2007)
The thrombophilia in adult life has major implications in the hepatic vessels. The resulting portal vein thrombosis has various outcomes and complications. Esophageal varices, portal gastropathy, ascites, severe hypersplenism ...
Does Endothelium Agree With the Concept of Idiopathic Hepatic Vessel Thrombosis?
(W J G Press, 2006)
AIM: To investigate the major steps of thrombogenesis and to identify the differences in these steps between idiopathic patient group and control group. METHODS: Fibrinogenesis was studied by measuring the activated factor ...
Etiology And Consequences Of Thrombosis In Abdominal Vessels
(Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 2006)
The thrombophilia which can be either congenital or acquired in adult life has major implications in the abdominal vessels. The resulting portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome and mesenteric vein thrombosis have a ...
Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Etiology, Pathogenesis and Diagnosis
(W J G Press, 2007)
Budd-Chiari syndrome is a congestive hepatopathy caused by blockage of hepatic veins. This syndrome occurs in 1/100000 in the general population. Hypercoagulable state could be identified in 75% of the patients; more than ...