Frequency and characteristic features of portal hypertensive gastropathy in patients with viral cirrhosis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 714-718

  Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Mumtaz, Khalid ^a   Ahmed, Umair Syed ^a   Shah, Hasnain Ali ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Gastropathy; MELD score; Portal; Varices; Viral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE GASTROPATHY; SPLEEN SIZE; STOMACH DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78649407256     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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