Future therapy of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis – a guess
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Future therapy of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis – a guess
In patients with chronic liver disease, portal hypertension is driven by progressive fibrosis and intrahepatic vasoconstriction. Interruption of the initiating and perpetuating etiology-mostly leading to necroinflammation-is possible for several underlying causes, such as autoimmune hepatitis, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and most recently hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Thus, in the l...
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عنوان ژورنال: F1000Prime Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2051-7599
DOI: 10.12703/p6-95