Intrapulmonary Vascular Dilatation Evaluated by (99m)Tc-MAA Scintigraphy and Its Association with Portal Hypertension in Schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND: Portal hypertension is responsible for various complications in patients with schistosomiasis, among them intrapulmonary vascular dilations (IPVD). In cirrhotic patients the presence of IPVD is a sign of poor prognosis, but in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS) there are n...

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Autores principales: de Queirós, Andréa Simone Siqueira, Brandão, Simone Cristina Soares, Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho, Macedo, Liana Gonçalves, Ourem, Maira Souto, Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa Almeida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4072598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002881

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4072598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24967578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002881

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