New Cutoff Point for Platelet Count/Spleen Diameter Ratio to Predict Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-related Hepatic Cirrhosis

The esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with all its hazards remains the gold standard screening tool for esophageal varices. Noninvasive tools have been proposed and studied to replace the EGD. Platelet count (PC)/spleen diameter (SD) ratio as a noninvasive tool for predicting the presence of esophage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: El-Sherbiny, Walid, Elegezy, Mohamed, Wagih Shaltout, Shaker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2015
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Letter-to-Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5578546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29201712
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1154
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Sumario:The esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) with all its hazards remains the gold standard screening tool for esophageal varices. Noninvasive tools have been proposed and studied to replace the EGD. Platelet count (PC)/spleen diameter (SD) ratio as a noninvasive tool for predicting the presence of esophageal varices was proposed and studied in many previous studies. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: El-Sherbiny W, Elegezy M, Shaltout SW. New Cutoff Point for Platelet Count/ Spleen Diameter Ratio to Predict Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-related Hepatic Cirrhosis. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2015;5(2):136-137.

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