Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio to predict esophageal varices in Mexican patients with hepatic cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2079-2084

  González Ojeda, Alejandro ^a   Cervantes Guevara, Gabino ^b   Chávez Sánchez, Manuela ^b   Dávalos Cobián, Carlos ^b   Ornelas Cázares, Susana ^a   Macías Amezcua, Michel Dassaejv ^a   Chávez Tostado, Mariana ^a   Ramírez Campos, Kenia Militzi ^a   Ramírez Arce, Anaís del Rocío ^a   Fuentes Orozco, Clotilde ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Hepatic cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Mexican patients; Platelet count spleen diameter ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PLATELETS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 84894598111     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.2079     Document Type: Article

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