Evaluation of splenomegaly in portal hypertension

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-30

  Sheth, Sunil G ^a   Amarapurkar, Deepak N ^a,b   Chopra, Kapil B ^a   Mani, Sanjeev A ^a   Mehta, Pradeep J ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b New Wing MRC Building ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Splenic volumetric index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0030042499     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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