Non-invasive predictors of esophageal varices

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-68

  Cherian, Jijo V ^a   Deepak, Nandan ^a   Ponnusamy, Rajesh Prabhu ^a   Somasundaram, Aravindh ^a   Jayanthi, V ^a  

^a STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; non invasive predictors; portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651308232     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.74470     Document Type: Article

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