Esophageal varices: Noninvasive diagnosis with duplex doppler US in patients with compensated cirrhosis

Radiology

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-139

  Liu, Chen Hua ^a   Hsu, Shih Jer ^a   Liang, Cheng Chao ^b   Tsai, Feng Chiao ^a   Lin, Jou Wei ^a   Liu, Chun Jen ^a   Yang, Pei Ming ^a   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^a   Chen, Jun Herng ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VALIDATION STUDY;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 47249125210     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2481071257     Document Type: Article

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