Can we consider the right hepatic lobe size/albumin ratio a noninvasive predictor of oesophageal varices in hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhotic Egyptian patients?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-272

  Esmat, Serag ^a   Omarn, Dalia ^a   Rashid, Laila ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

HCV related liver cirrhosis; Noninvasive diagnosis of oesophageal varices; Oesophageal varices; Platelet count spleen diameter ratio; Right liver lobe size albumin ratio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EGYPT; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; EGYPT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 84858753423     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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