Spleen Stiffness Is Superior to Liver Stiffness for Predicting Esophageal Varices in Chronic Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Liver stiffness (LS) and spleen stiffness (SS) are two most widely accessible non-invasive parameters for predicting esophageal varices (EV), but the reported accuracy of the two predictors have been inconsistent across studies. This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the diagnostic...

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Autores principales: Ma, Xiaowen, Wang, Le, Wu, Hao, Feng, Yuemin, Han, Xibiao, Bu, Haoran, Zhu, Qiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165786

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27829057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165786

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