Ratio of platelet count/spleen diameter predicted the presence of esophageal varices in patients with schistosomiasis liver cirrhosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 588-591

  Xu, Xiao Dan ^a,b   Xu, Chun Fang ^a   Dai, Jian Jun ^b   Qian, Jian Qing ^b   Pin, Xun ^b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Changshu Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal varices; Platelet count; Schistosomiasis liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE GASTROSCOPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN SIZE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN DIAMETER; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PLATELETS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84957836834     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000584     Document Type: Article

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