Validity of platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 269-274

  Nisar, Sajid ^a   Nazir, Shaista ^a   Butt, Ambreen ^a   Hussain, Azhar ^a   Yousaf, Khalid Rehman ^a  

^a SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Esophageal varices; Platelet; Spleen diameter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84875923738     PISSN: 19967195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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