Cytomegalovirus-Associated Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis in Immunocompetent Patients: Two Case Reports and Literature Review

Antonella Tufano; Paola Contaldi; Antonio Coppola; Assunta Nardo; Nicoletta Franco; Anna Maria Cerbone; Giovanni Di Minno

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615262

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Table of Contents

Semin Thromb Hemost 2018; 44(03): 298-303
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615262

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Cytomegalovirus-Associated Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis in Immunocompetent Patients: Two Case Reports and Literature Review

Authors

Antonella Tufano

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Paola Contaldi

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Antonio Coppola

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Assunta Nardo

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Nicoletta Franco

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Anna Maria Cerbone

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Giovanni Di Minno

¹Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy

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