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Managing portal hypertension in patients with liver cirrhosis

2018-05-02

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Portal hypertension is one cause and a part of a dynamic process triggered by chronic liver disease, mostly induced by alcohol or incorrect nutrition and less often by viral infections and autoimmune or genetic disease. Adequate staging - continuously modified by current knowledge - should guide the prevention and treatment of portal hypertension with defined endpoints. The main goals are interruption of etiology...

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DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.13943.1

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