Spleen stiffness: Toward a noninvasive portal sphygmomanometer?

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1278-1280

  Abraldes, Juan G ^a   Reverter, Enric ^a   Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BOOTSTRAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; LIVER VEIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NOTE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN STIFFNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84874451812     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26239     Document Type: Note

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