Diagnosis and monitoring of portal hypertension

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 312-317

  de Franchis, R ^a,b   Dell'Era, A ^a,b   Primignani, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochemical parameters; Capsule endoscopy; Diagnosis; Endoscopy; Multidetector CT oesophagography; Non invasive methods; Oesophageal varices; Portal hypertension; Transient elastograph

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VALIDATION STUDY;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 41849086269     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.12.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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