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Fifty five children with encoscopically proven esophageal varices form Jul. 1987 to Dec. 1992 were analyzed for endoscopic and clinical characteristics.
The results were as follows :
1) According to etiological classification of portal hypertension in 55 cases, 35 cases showed intrahepatic causes (64%) and cases had extrahepatic causes (36%).
The most common clinical manifestation on admission was hematemesis (42%) and abdominal mass... |
