Subclinical ascites defines an intermediate stage between compensated and decompensated cirrhosis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 996-1001

  Zipprich, A ^a   Seufferlein, T ^a   Dollinger, M M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ascites; cirrhosis; portal hypertension; survival; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART BEAT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELD SCORE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCLINICAL ASCITES; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ULTRASOUND;

ASCITES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865806472     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: 14397803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299446     Document Type: Article

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