Thrombocytopenia in patients with gastric varices and the effect of balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration on the platelet count

Journal of Clinical Imaging Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Saad, W ^a   Bleibel, W ^b   Adenaw, N ^a   Wagner, C ^c   Anderson, C ^a   Angle, J ^a   Al Osaimi, A ^a   Davies, M ^d   Caldwell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine Owensboro Health Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration; balloon occlusion; bleeding; gastric varices; platelet count

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; SERUM ALBUMIN; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BALLOON OCCLUDED RETROGRADE TRANSVENOUS OBLITERATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRO RENAL SHUNT; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNTING; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH VARICES; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84902828896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21565597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2156-7514.131743     Document Type: Article

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