Noncirrhotic portal fibrosis/idiopathic portal hypertension: APASL recommendations for diagnosis and treatment
Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashish Kumar, Yogesh Kumar Chawla, Sanjay Saran Baijal, Radha Krishna Dhiman, Wasim Jafri, Laurentius A Lesmana, Debendranath Guha Mazumder, Masao Omata, Huma Qureshi, Rizvi Moattar Raza, Peush Sahni, Puja Sakhuja, Mohammad Salih, Amal Santra, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Praveen Sharma, Gamal Shiha, Jose Sollano, Members of the APASL Working Party on Portal Hypertension, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Ashish Kumar, Yogesh Kumar Chawla, Sanjay Saran Baijal, Radha Krishna Dhiman, Wasim Jafri, Laurentius A Lesmana, Debendranath Guha Mazumder, Masao Omata, Huma Qureshi, Rizvi Moattar Raza, Peush Sahni, Puja Sakhuja, Mohammad Salih, Amal Santra, Barjesh Chander Sharma, Praveen Sharma, Gamal Shiha, Jose Sollano, Members of the APASL Working Party on Portal Hypertension
Abstract
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.
Source: PubMed