Platelet count/splenic size ratio as a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of esophageal varices in cirrhotics

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 371-374

  Malik, Kausar ^a,b   Batool, Faiza ^a   Khan, Shazia Amir ^a   ul Amir, Zain ^a  

^a FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Yusra Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Esophageal varices; Splenic size

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PLATELET COUNT TO SPLEEN SIZE RATIO; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84946549735     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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