When the spleen gets tough, the varices get going

Gastroenterology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-22

  Castéra, Laurent ^a   García Tsao, Guadalupe ^b,c  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 84871314906     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.11.015     Document Type: Editorial

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