Sonographic features of portal hypertension in Schistosomiasis Mansoni Aspectos ultra-sonográfícos da hipertensão portal na Esquistossomose Mansoni

The diagnostic value of real-time sonography in the study of portal hypertension was assessed in 66 patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, all with Symmers's fibrosis and esophageal varices. Seventy-one individuals without schistosomiasis were selected as controls. The inner diame...

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Main Authors: Rogerio Augusto Pinto-Silva, Wilson Luiz Abrantes, Carlos Maurício Figueiredo Antunes, Jose Roberto Lambertucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1994-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651994000400008