Arab Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 125-128 , December 2009

Alterations in colonic mucosal lesions in patients with portal hypertension

  • Nabeel El Kady

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Sherif Hamdy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 102414076.
    • ,
  • Naglaa Zayed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Tropical Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Mohamad Mostafa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Ahmad Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Mohamad Shaaban

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Ahmad Maher Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
    • ,
  • Dina Omar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Received 10 April 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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PII: S1687-1979(09)00268-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajg.2009.10.001

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 125-128 , December 2009

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