Portal Duplex Sonography in Liver Cirrhosis: A Useful Supplement to Endoscopic Evaluation of Bleeding Risk of Esophageal Varices?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-499

  Korner T ^a,b  

^a Dept of Internal Medicine II ^*  (Germany)

^b Klinikum Suhl   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleeding risk; Esophageal varices; Portal duplex sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0029916515     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609006771     Document Type: Article

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