Portal hemodynamics as predictors of high risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1898-1902

  Tarzamni, Mohammad K ^a   Somi, Mohammad H ^a   Farhang, Sara ^a   Jalilvand, Morteza ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Esophageal varices; Liver cirrhosis; Portal hemodynamics; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PREDICTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 42149122672     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.1898     Document Type: Article

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