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. 2003 Sep;19(5):477-82.
doi: 10.1097/00001574-200309000-00008.

Diagnosis of portal hypertensive gastropathy

Kelly W Burak  1 , Paul L Beck
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Diagnosis of portal hypertensive gastropathy

Kelly W Burak et al. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

Portal hypertensive gastropathy is a relatively recently described entity that is an important cause of bleeding in portal hypertension. This article focuses on the endoscopic diagnosis of portal hypertensive gastropathy, including a review of different proposed scoring systems, and briefly examines the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of portal hypertensive gastropathy.

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