Spleen Enlargement on Follow-Up Evaluation: A Noninvasive Predictor of Complications of Portal Hypertension in Cirrhosis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1129-1134

  Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a   Zappoli, Paola ^a   Magalotti, Donatella ^a   Tiani, Carolina ^a   Rossi, Valentina ^a   Zoli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 53149090137     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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