Multidetector computed tomography versus platelet/spleen diameter ratio as methods for the detection of gastroesophageal varices

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-78

  Karatzas, Andreas ^a   Triantos, Christos ^a   Kalafateli, Maria ^a   Marzigie, Misiel ^a   Labropoulou Karatza, Chryssoula ^a   Thomopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Petsas, Theodoros ^a   Kalogeropoulou, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Multidetector computed tomography; Platelet spleen ratio; Varices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PLATELET SPLEEN DIAMETER RATIO; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH VARICES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84953881021     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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