Liver stiffness as a predictor of esophageal varices requiring therapy in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 445-449

  Pineda, Juan A ^a   Recio, Eva ^a   Camacho, Ángela ^b   Macías, Juan ^a   Almodóvar, Carmen ^b   González Serrano, Mercedes ^c   Merino, Dolores ^d   Tellez, Francisco ^e   Ríos, Maria José ^f   Rivero, Antonio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^e Hospital de la Linea de la Concepcion   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Esophageal varices; Hepatitis C; HIV; Portal hypertensive gastrointestinal bleeding; Transient elastometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68049127860     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181acb675     Document Type: Article

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