TY - CHAP AU - Juan Pablo Prestifilippo AU - Silvina Tallis AU - Amalia Delfante AU - Pablo Souto AU - Juan Carlos Perazzo AU - Gabriela Beatriz Acosta ED - Dmitry V. Garbuzenko Y1 - 2012-03-14 PY - 2012 T1 - Role of Manganese as Mediator of Central Nervous System: Alteration in Experimental Portal Hypertension N2 - Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome defined by a portal venous pressure gradient, exceeding 5 mm Hg. In this book the causes of its development and complications are described. Authors have presented personal experiences on conducting patients with various displays of portal hypertension. Moreover, the book presents modern data about molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of portal hypertension in liver cirrhosis, the information about the original predictor of risk of bleeding from gastro-esophageal varices and new methods for their conservative treatment. BT - Portal Hypertension SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/37197 DO - 10.5772/37197 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -