Higher aspartate aminotransferase platelet ratio index predicts early significant liver-related events in hepatitis C genotype 1 chronic liver disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 361-362

  Rodrigues Pinto, Eduardo ^a   Cardoso, Helder ^a   Coelho, Rosa ^a   Andrade, Patrícia ^a   Macedo, Guilherme ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE PLATELET RATIO INDEX; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C GENOTYPE 1 CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922270598     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000276     Document Type: Letter

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