Prediction of oesophageal varices in hepatic cirrhosis by simple serum non-invasive markers: Results of a multicenter, large-scale study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 630-638

  Sebastiani, Giada ^a,b   Tempesta, Diego ^a   Fattovich, Giovanna ^c   Castera, Laurent ^d   Halfon, Philippe ^e   Bourliere, Marc ^f   Noventa, Franco ^g   Angeli, Paolo ^g   Saggioro, Alfredo ^a   Alberti, Alfredo ^b,g  

^a OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

^b VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Hospital Ambroise Pare   (France)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Liver cirrhosis; Non invasive serum markers; Oesophageal varices; Predictive values; Upper endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROSCAN; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956262324     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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