Platelet count to spleen diameter ratio for the diagnosis of esophageal varices: Is it feasible?

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 825-828

  Baig, Waqas Wahid ^a   Nagaraja, M V ^a   Varma, Muralidhar ^a   Prabhu, Ravindra ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophageal varices; Liver cirrhosis; Platelet count; Platelet count to spleen diameter ratio; Portal hypertension; Spleen diameter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249090696     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/287274     Document Type: Article

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