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Relations of Budd-Chiari syndrome to prothrombin gene mutation.
Hepatobiliary & pancreatic diseases international : HBPD INT - 1 May 2004
Lin Guo-Ling, Xu Pei-Qin, Qi Hua, Lian Jian-Hua, Zheng Hong, Dang Xiao-Wei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a type of disease characterized by portal hypertension and/or hypertension of the inferior vena cava (IVC) due to the obstruction of the hepatic veins (HV) and/or intrahepatic IVC outlet. Being etiologically complicated and obscure, BCS can be acquired or idiopathic and several gene mutations may be contributable. This study was to explore whether prothrombin gene...
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