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

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

Salah Gueddi
1   Division of Angiology and Haemostasis
,
Marc Righini
1   Division of Angiology and Haemostasis
,
Nathalie Mezger
2   Unit of Travel and Migration Medicine
,
Isabelle Morard
3   Division of Gastoenterology and Hepatology
,
Laurent Kaiser
4   Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
,
Emiliano Giostra
3   Division of Gastoenterology and Hepatology
,
Henri Bounameaux
1   Division of Angiology and Haemostasis
,
Anne Angelillo-Scherrer   *
1   Division of Angiology and Haemostasis
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Publication History

Received 27 August 2004

Accepted after revision 24 November 2005

Publication Date:
15 December 2017 (online)

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* Present address: Service of Haematology, CHUV, University Hospitals of Lausanne, Switzerland


 

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