Correlation between serum-ascites albumin concentration gradient and endoscopic parameters of portal hypertension

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2172-2178

  Torres, Efrain ^a,b   Barros, Pedro ^a   Calmet, Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; NOTE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ASCITIC FLUID; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; ROC CURVE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0032452080     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00615.x     Document Type: Note

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