Ultraschall bei Pfortaderhochdruck – Teil 2 – und EFSUMB-Empfehlungen zur Durchführung und Dokumentation von Ultraschalluntersuchungen bei Pfortaderhochdruck

A. Berzigotti; F. Piscaglia; and the EFSUMB Education and Professional Standards Committee

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1299145

Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound, Table of Contents

Ultraschall Med 2012; 33(1): 8-32
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299145

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Ultraschall bei Pfortaderhochdruck – Teil 2 – und EFSUMB-Empfehlungen zur Durchführung und Dokumentation von Ultraschalluntersuchungen bei Pfortaderhochdruck

Ultrasound in Portal Hypertension – Part 2 – and EFSUMB Recommendations for the Performance and Reporting of Ultrasound Examinations in Portal Hypertension

A. Berzigotti

¹Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd)

²Abdominal Imaging Section, Centre Diagnostic per la Imatge (CDIC), Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain

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F. Piscaglia

³Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Digestive Disease and Internal Medicine, General and University Hospital S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy

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and the EFSUMB Education and Professional Standards Committee

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