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Prevalence of splenic vein thrombosis and risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in chronic pancreatitis patients attending a tertiary hospital in western India

BACKGROUND: Splenic vein thrombosis (SVT) is most commonly caused by acute and chronic pancreatitis (CP). Variceal gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a potentially life-threatening event in such patients. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of SVT in CP patients and the risk of vari...

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Autores principales: Pandey, Vikas, Patil, Mallangoud, Patel, Ruchir, Chaubal, Alisha, Ingle, Meghraj, Shukla, Akash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31041207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_414_18