Perendoscopic variceal pressure measurement: A reliable estimation of portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis?

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 30, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1012-1018

  Spahr, Laurent ^a,b   Giostra, Emile ^a   Morard, Isabelle ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33750797760     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(06)73376-0     Document Type: Article

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