Hemorheology in patients with liver cirrhosis: Special emphasis on its relation to severity of esophageal variceal bleeding

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 908-913

  Liu, Tsu Te ^a,b   Wong, Wen Jang ^a   Hou, Ming Chih ^a   Lin, Han Chieh ^a   Chang, Full Young ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood viscosity; Esophageal variceal bleeding; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CHILD PUGH GRADE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 33646945440     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04266.x     Document Type: Article

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