The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , February 2010

Portal Vein Thrombosis

  • Sameer Parikh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Sameer Parikh, MD, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, BCM Mailstop: 285, Houston, TX 77030
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  • Riddhi Shah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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  • Prashant Kapoor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

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 Funding: None.

 Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare relevant to this article.

 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00673-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.05.023

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , February 2010

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