Prognostic evaluation of patients with acute variceal bleeding

Disease Markers

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-164

  Augustin, Salvador ^a   Millán, Laura ^a   González, Antonio ^a   Coll, Mar ^b   Martell, María ^b   Genescà, Joan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE VARICEAL BLEEDING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HUMAN; LIVER EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VALIDITY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 81155123616     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: 18758630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2011-0838     Document Type: Article

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