Portal vein thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome as onset of polycythemia vera
Budd-Chiari syndrome may be defined as a heterogeneous group of vascular disorders characterized by obstruction of hepatic venous return to the level of hepatic venules, supra-hepatic veins, inferior vena cava or right atrium. The main cause of this syndrome is represented by myeloproliferative dise...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-09-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/421 |