Prediction of varices in patients with cirrhosis: A high-stakes numbers game?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 4-5

  Rajvanshi, P ^a   Kowdley, K V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VARICOSIS;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036140267     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200201000-00003     Document Type: Editorial

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