Hepatic venous pressure gradient: clinical use in chronic liver disease
Portal hypertension is a severe consequence of chronic liver diseases and is responsible for the main clinical complications of liver cirrhosis. Hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) measurement is the best available method to evaluate the presence and severity of portal hypertension. Clinically s...
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| Language: | English |
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Korean Association for the Study of the Liver
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Clinical and Molecular Hepatology |
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| Online Access: | http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-20-6.pdf |