Diagnostic accuracy of transient elastography (FibroScan) in detection of esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis: A meta-analysis

AIM: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of FibroScan (FS) in detecting esophageal varices (EV) in cirrhotic patients. METHODS: Through a systemic literature search of multiple databases, we reviewed 15 studies using endoscopy as a reference standard, with the data necessary to calculate pooled s...

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Autores principales: Pu, Ke, Shi, Jing-Hong, Wang, Xu, Tang, Qian, Wang, Xin-Jie, Tang, Kai-Lin, Long, Zhong-Qi, Hu, Xing-Sheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
Materias:
Meta-Analysis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5236514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28127208
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i2.345

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5236514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28127208
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i2.345

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