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  • The text provides an English version of the 2018 guidelines for diagnosing and treating idiopathic portal hypertension, extrahepatic portal obstruction, and Budd-Chiari syndrome.
  • These guidelines were developed by the Aberrant Portal Hemodynamics Study Group and are overseen by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.
  • The full guidelines contain 86 clinical questions and explanations, spanning 183 pages in Japanese.

Article Abstract

This is the English version of the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic portal hypertension, extrahepatic portal obstruction, and Budd-Chiari syndrome, which were established and revised in 2018 by the Aberrant Portal Hemodynamics Study Group under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare in Japan. These guidelines are excerpts, and the full version consists of 86 clinical questions and explanations, totaling 183 pages in Japanese.

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