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A syndrome characterized by the clinical triad of advanced chronic liver disease, pulmonary vascular dilatations, and reduced arterial oxygenation (HYPOXEMIA) in the absence of intrinsic cardiopulmonary disease. This syndrome is common in the patients with LIVER CIRRHOSIS or portal hypertension (HYPERTENSION, PORTAL).
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- Hepato-Pulmonary Syndrome
- Hepato Pulmonary Syndrome
- Hepato-Pulmonary Syndromes
- Hepatopulmonary Syndromes
- Syndrome, Hepato-Pulmonary
- Syndrome, Hepatopulmonary
- Syndromes, Hepato-Pulmonary
- Syndromes, Hepatopulmonary
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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1999
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- Liver Diseases (1982-1998)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020065. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020065
- Hepatopulmonary Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatopulmonary_syndrome
- Hepatopulmonary Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569573