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Key articles
Valla DC. The diagnosis and management of the Budd-Chiari syndrome: consensus and controversies. Hepatology. 2003;38:793-803. Abstract
Menon KV, Shah V, Kamath PS. The Budd-Chiari syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2004;350:578-585. Abstract
European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL clinical practice guidelines: vascular diseases of the liver. J Hepatol. 2016;64:179-202.Full text Abstract
Socie G, Mary JY, de Gramont A, et al. Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria: long term follow-up and prognostic factors. Lancet. 1996;348:573-577. Abstract
Perelló A, García-Pagán JC, Gilabert R, et al. TIPS is a useful long-term derivative therapy for patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome uncontrolled by medical therapy. Hepatology. 2002;35:132-139.Full text Abstract
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