Gastric Varices in Patients With Portal Hypertension:Evaluation With Multidetector Row CT

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages e108-e115

  Zhu, Kangshun ^a   Meng, Xiaochun ^a   Pang, Pengfei ^a   Qian, Jiesheng ^a   Shen, Min ^a   Hu, Bin ^a   Shan, Hong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Computed tomography; Gastric varices; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STOMACH VARICES;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951745896     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181c115c6     Document Type: Article

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