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Review
. 1990 Oct;28(10):578-83.

[Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension]

[Article in German]
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Review

[Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension]

[Article in German]
W Kreisel et al. Z Gastroenterol. 1990 Oct.

Abstract

A chronic increase of the portal venous pressure is not only a sequel of liver cirrhosis. There is a large group of different diseases leading to "non-cirrhotic portal hypertension". Clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment are discussed. The discrimination between cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension is important for the understanding of differences in clinical signs and course of the diseases, however.

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