Non endoscopic predictors of esophageal varices in cirrhotics

Medical Forum Monthly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3-7

  Nazish, Zahra ^a   Inayatullah, Muhammad ^a   Tanweer, Salma ^a  

^a NISHTAR HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Platelet count; Platelet count spleen diameter ratio; Portal vein diameter; Spleen diameter

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; SERUM ALBUMIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 79957949624     PISSN: 1029385X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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