Prediction severity of esophageal varices: A new cutoff point for Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Barikbin, R ^a   Hekmatnia, A ^a   Omidifar, N ^a   Farghadani, M ^a   Adibi, P ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Esophageal and gastric varices; Liver cirrhosis; Platelet count

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN;

EID: 77952340920     PISSN: 00264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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