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===General===
===General===
*Associated with renal transplants, [[bone marrow transplant]]s and [[vasculitides]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD922>{{Ref PBoD|922}}</ref>
*Associated with renal transplants, [[bone marrow transplant]]s and [[vasculitides]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD922>{{Ref PBoD|922}}</ref>
*Can lead to [[portal hypertension]] and many of the associated complications.
*Can lead to [[portal hypertension]] and many of the associated complications.<ref name=pmid22554152>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bissonnette | first1 = J. | last2 = Généreux | first2 = A. | last3 = Côté | first3 = J. | last4 = Nguyen | first4 = B. | last5 = Perreault | first5 = P. | last6 = Bouchard | first6 = L. | last7 = Pomier-Layrargues | first7 = G. | title = Hepatic hemodynamics in 24 patients with nodular regenerative hyperplasia and symptomatic portal hypertension. | journal = J Gastroenterol Hepatol | volume = 27 | issue = 8 | pages = 1336-40 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2012.07168.x | PMID = 22554152 }}
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====Etiology====
====Etiology====
*Arterial hypervascularity secondary to loss of hepatic vein radicles (loss of central venule in hepatic lobule).<ref>{{Ref PBoD|922}}</ref>
*Arterial hypervascularity secondary to loss of hepatic vein radicles (loss of central venule in hepatic lobule).<ref name=Ref_PBoD922>{{Ref PBoD|922}}</ref>


ASIDE: radicle = ramulus - smallest branch or vessel or nerve.<ref name=Dorlands2>Dorland's Medical Dictionary. 30th Ed.</ref>
ASIDE: radicle = ramulus - smallest branch or vessel or nerve.<ref name=Dorlands2>Dorland's Medical Dictionary. 30th Ed.</ref>
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