Which patients with primary biliary cirrhosis or primary sclerosing cholangitis should undergo endoscopic screening for oesophagel varices detection?

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-410

  Bressler, B ^a   Pinto, R ^a   El Ashry, D ^a   Heathcote, E J ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PLATELET COUNT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 14544294883     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.040832     Document Type: Article

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