Predictors of esophageal varices in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis: A retrospective study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hong, Wan Dong ^a   Zhu, Qi Huai ^a   Huang, Zhi Ming ^a   Chen, Xiang Rong ^a   Jiang, Zen Cai ^a   Xu, Si Hao ^a   Jin, Kunlin ^b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN DIAMETER; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63549147842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-11     Document Type: Article

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