Noncirrhotic portal hypertension in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected adolescent

• Main Authors: Aída de Fátima Thomé Barbosa Gouvêa (Author), Daisy Maria Machado (Author), Suênia Cordeiro de Vasconcelos Beltrão (Author), Fabiana Bononi do Carmo (Author), Regina Helena Guedes Motta Mattar (Author), Regina Célia de Menezes Succi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To alert the pediatrician who is following up HIV-infected patients about the possibility of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) in this period of life, in order to avoid the catastrophic consequences of this disease as bleeding esophageal varices. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 13 years old HI...