Portal vein thrombosis following a primary cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult

Salah Gueddi; Marc Righini; Nathalie Mezger; Isabelle Morard; Laurent Kaiser; Emiliano Giostra; Henri Bounameaux; Anne Angelillo-Scherrer

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1612585

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(01): 199-201
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612585

Case Report

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Portal vein thrombosis following a primary cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult

Salah Gueddi

¹Division of Angiology and Haemostasis

,

Marc Righini

¹Division of Angiology and Haemostasis

,

Nathalie Mezger

²Unit of Travel and Migration Medicine

,

Isabelle Morard

³Division of Gastoenterology and Hepatology

,

Laurent Kaiser

⁴Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

,

Emiliano Giostra

³Division of Gastoenterology and Hepatology

,

Henri Bounameaux

¹Division of Angiology and Haemostasis

,

Anne Angelillo-Scherrer^*

¹Division of Angiology and Haemostasis

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