Incidence of the appearance of the red color sign on esophageal varices and its predictive factors: Long-term observations of 359 patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 368-374

  Murashima, N ^a   Ikeda, K ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Saitoh, S ^a   Chayama, K ^a   Tsubota, A ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Suzuki, F ^a   Arase, Y ^a   Kumada, H ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophageal varix; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

COLOR; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034934454     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350170080     Document Type: Article

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