Liver stiffness measurement by fibroscan predicts the presence and size of esophageal varices in egyptian patients with HCV related liver cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2253-2257

  Saad, Yasmin ^a   Said, Mohamed ^a   Idris, Mohamed O ^b   Rabee, Ayayman ^b   Salama, Zakaria ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ahmed Maher Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Fibroscan; Grading; Non invasive methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPTIAN; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIBROSCAN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 84886809502     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6026.3484     Document Type: Article

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