Acta Med. 2007, 50: 57-59

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.60

Portal Hypertension Due to Echinococcus Alveolaris: A Case Report

Orhan Kürşat Poyrazoğlua, Hüseyin Atasevena, Sevim Bektasb, Ayse Aydinc, Mehmet Yalniza, Selman Çelebıa, Ibrahim Halil Bahçecıoğlua

aFirat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey
bFirat University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey
cFirat University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Turkey

Received November 1, 2006
Accepted February 1, 2007

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