Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a predictor of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-304

  de Mattos, Ängelo Zambam ^a   de Mattos, Angelo Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; STUDY DESIGN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 79956096950     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31643-6     Document Type: Letter

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