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  2. What to Know About Patient Portals - WebMD

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    A patient portal is a secure website set up by a health care system, hospital, or clinic. The tools (or features) vary, depending on the portal. Patient portals can help you access medical records ...

  3. Web portal - Wikipedia

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    Web portal. A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displaying information (a portlet ); often, the user can configure which ones to display.

  4. Portal Hypertension Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, Tests - WebMD

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    Portal hypertension is an increase in the blood pressure within a system of veins called the portal venous system. Veins coming from the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas merge into the ...

  5. Portal Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes, and Risks - Healthline

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    The main cause of portal hypertension is cirrhosis.This is a scarring of the liver. It can result from several conditions such as hepatitis (an inflammatory disease) or alcohol abuse.. Autoimmune ...

  6. Portal hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Portal hypertension is defined as increased portal venous pressure, with a hepatic venous pressure gradient greater than 5 mmHg. [3] [4] Normal portal pressure is 1–4 mmHg; clinically insignificant portal hypertension is present at portal pressures 5–9 mmHg; clinically significant portal hypertension is present at portal pressures greater ...

  7. Portal (series) - Wikipedia

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    Portal is a series of first-person puzzle-platform video games developed by Valve.Set in the Half-Life universe, the two main games in the series, Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), center on a woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility.

  8. Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT): Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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    Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a blood clot of the portal vein, also known as the hepatic portal vein. A PVT blocks the blood flow from the intestines to the liver. Although it is treatable, PVT ...

  9. Portal Vein Anatomy, Function & Definition | Body Maps

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    Portal vein. The hepatic portal vein is a vessel that moves blood from the spleen and gastrointestinal tract to the liver. It is approximately three to four inches in length and is usually formed ...