Noncirrhotic portal fibrosis/idiopathic portal hypertension: APASL recommendations for diagnosis and treatment.
The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) Working Party on Portal Hypertension has developed consensus guidelines on the disease profile, diagnosis, and management of noncirrhotic portal fibrosis and idiopathic portal hypertension. The consensus statements, prepared and deliberated at length by the experts in this field, were presented at the annual meeting of the APASL at Kyoto in March 2007. This article includes the statements approved by the APASL along with brief backgrounds of various aspects of the disease.
Sarin
Shiv Kumar
SK
Department of Gastroenterology, G B Pant Hospital, University of Delhi, Room 201, Academic Block, New Delhi, 110 002, India, sksarin@nda.vsnl.net.in.
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Chawla
Yogesh Kumar
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Guha Mazumder
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Qureshi
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Rizvi Moattar
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Peush
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Salih
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Santra
Amal
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Sharma
Barjesh Chander
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