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Life-threatening hypersplenism due to idiopathic portal hypertension in early childhood: case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) is a disorder of unknown etiology and is characterized clinically by portal hypertension, splenomegaly, and hypersplenism accompanied by pancytopenia. This study evaluates the pathogenic concept of the disease by a systematic review of the literature...

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Autores principales: Däbritz, Jan, Worch, Jennifer, Materna, Ulrike, Koch, Bernward, Koehler, Gabriele, Duck, Christina, Frühwald, Michael C, Foell, Dirk
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20961440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-10-122