Assessment of the presence and severity of esophagogastric varices by splenic index in patients with liver cirrhosis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 788-794

  Watanabe, Seishiro ^a   Hosomi, Naoki ^a   Kitade, Yukihiro ^a   Kurokohchi, Kazutaka ^a   Arima, Keiji ^a   Kawabata, Hidehiro ^a   Uchida, Yoshihito ^a   Nishioka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis, liver; Splenic index; Varices, esophagogastric

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CIRRHOSIS, LIVER; IN-CONTROL; INDEX VALUES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTIONS; RED SPOTS; SPLENIC INDEX; TUMOR SHAPE; VARIX, ESOPHAGOGASTRIC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHERRY RED SPOT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; STOMACH VARICES;

EID: 0034468609     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200009000-00022     Document Type: Article

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