Predictors of esophageal varices in patients with HBV-related cirrhosis: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: All patients with liver cirrhosis are recommended to undergo an evaluation of esophageal varices (EV) to assess their risk of bleeding. Predicting the presence of EV through non-invasive means may reduce a large number of unnecessary endoscopies. This study was designed to develop a pred...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hong, Wan-dong, Zhu, Qi-huai, Huang, Zhi-ming, Chen, Xiang-rong, Jiang, Zen-cai, Xu, Si-hao, Jin, Kunlin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-11

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19196464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-9-11

Ejemplares similares