Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Gastric Varices and the Effect of Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration on the Platelet Count

OBJECTIVES: Gastric varices primarily occur in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension and splenomegaly and thus are probably associated with thrombocytopenia. However, the prevalence and severity of thrombocytopenia are unknown in this clinical setting. Moreover, one-third of patients after bal...

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Autores principales: Saad, W. E., Bleibel, W., Adenaw, N., Wagner, C. E., Anderson, C., Angle, J. F., Al-Osaimi, A. M., Davies, M. G., Caldwell, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987571
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.131743

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987571
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2156-7514.131743

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