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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2008; 14(18): 2858-2862
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2858
Etiology and portal vein thrombosis in Budd-Chiari syndrome
Oguz Uskudar, Meral Akdogan, Nurgul Sasmaz, Sevinc Yilmaz, Muharrem Tola, Burhan Sahin
Oguz Uskudar, Meral Akdogan, Nurgul Sasmaz, Burhan Sahin, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, clinics of gastroenterology, Ankara 06010, Turkey
Sevinc Yilmaz, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, hematology unit, Ankara 06010, Turkey
Muharrem Tola, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital clinics of radiology, Ankara 06010, Turkey
Author contributions: Uskudar O and Akdogan M contributed equally to this work; Uskudar O and Akdogan M designed research; Uskudar O, Akdogan M, Sasmaz N, Yilmaz S, Tola M, Sahin B performed research; Uskudar O and Akdogan M wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Oguz Uskudar, Dr, Yayla Mah. 1. cadde no: 123/3, Kecioren, Ankara 06010, Turkey. ouskudar@hotmail.com
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Received: January 23, 2008
Revised: April 11, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
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