A simple noninvasive score predicts gastroesophageal varices in patients with chronic viral hepatitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Gentile, Ivan ^a   Viola, Chiara ^a   Graf, Maria ^a   Liuzzi, Raffaele ^b   Quarto, Maria ^a   Cerini, Raimondo ^a   Piazza, Marcello ^a   Borgia, Guglielmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

AST ALT ratio; Cirrhosis; Endoscopy; Platelet count; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651174428     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318157464b     Document Type: Article

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