Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 206-210 , February 2010

Liver stiffness is directly influenced by central venous pressure

  • Gunda Millonig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Stefanie Friedrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Stefanie Adolf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Hamidreza Fonouni

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Mohammad Golriz

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Arianeb Mehrabi

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Peter Stiefel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Gudrun Pöschl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Markus W. Büchler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Helmut Karl Seitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Sebastian Mueller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Center for Alcohol Research, Liver Disease and Nutrition, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Internal Medicine, Salem Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Zeppelinstraße 11 – 33, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 06221 483 210; fax: +49 06221 484 494.

Received 28 May 2009 ,Revised 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 30 July 2009.

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PII: S0168-8278(09)00794-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.11.018

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 206-210 , February 2010

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