Spleen stiffness measurement can predict clinical complications in compensated HCV-related cirrhosis: A prospective study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1158-1164

  Colecchia, Antonio ^a   Colli, Agostino ^b   Casazza, Giovanni ^c   Mandolesi, Daniele ^a   Schiumerini, Ramona ^a   Reggiani, Letizia Bacchi ^a   Marasco, Giovanni ^a   Taddia, Martina ^a   Lisotti, Andrea ^a   Mazzella, Giuseppe ^a   Di Biase, Anna Rita ^d   Golfieri, Rita ^a   Pinzani, Massimo ^e   Festi, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b General Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HVPG; Liver stiffness; Portal hypertension; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLEEN STIFFNESS; VALIDATION STUDY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENIC DISEASES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 84901188064     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.02.024     Document Type: Article

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