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Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension

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Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases

Abstract

Since Doppler and color Doppler ultrasonography play such an important role in the diagnosis and evaluation of portal hypertension, we have divided this chapter in to two sections. The first will deal with morphologic changes. The second section is a study of Doppler techniques by M. Lafortune.

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Weill, F.S. (1996). Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension. In: Ultrasound Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61045-5_10

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