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Inflammation: a way to understanding the evolution of portal hypertension.
Theoretical biology & medical modelling - 13 Nov 2007
Aller María-Angeles, Arias Jorge-Luis, Cruz Arturo, Arias Jaime
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BACKGROUND: Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome that manifests as ascites, portosystemic encephalopathy and variceal hemorrhage, and these alterations often lead to death. HYPOTHESIS: Splanchnic and/or systemic responses to portal hypertension could have pathophysiological mechanisms similar to those involved in the post-traumatic inflammatory response.The splanchnic and systemic impairments produced...
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