Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for non-invasive prediction of high risk esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Barrera, Francisco ^a   Riquelme, Arnoldo ^a   Soza, Alejandro ^a   Contreras, Álvaro ^a   Barrios, Gerty ^a   Padilla, Oslando ^a   Viviani, Paola ^a   Pérez Ayuso, Rosa María ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; Esophageal varices; Liver cirrhosis; Non invasive predictors; Platelet count; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD PUGH SCORING SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 77953475391     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31745-4     Document Type: Article

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