Performance of platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for diagnosis of esophageal varices in cirrhosis: A meta-analysis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1672-1681

  Ying, Li ^a   Lin, Xiao ^a   Xie, Zuo Liu ^a   Hu, Yuan Ping ^a   Shi, Ke Qing ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Noninvasive markers; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864281124     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2058-y     Document Type: Article

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