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Clinical approach to splanchnic vein thrombosis: risk factors and treatment.
Thrombosis research - 1 Oct 2012
Riva Nicoletta, Donadini Marco P, Dentali Francesco, Squizzato Alessandro, Ageno Walter
Abstract excerpt
Splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) is an unusual manifestation of venous thromboembolism which involves one or more abdominal veins (portal, splenic, mesenteric and supra-hepatic veins). SVT may be associated with different underlying disorders, either local (abdominal cancer, liver cirrhosis, intra-abdominal inflammation or surgery) or systemic (hormonal treatment, thrombophilic conditions). In the last decades,...
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