Liver stiffness measurement and spleen diameter as predictors for the presence of esophageal varices in chronic hepatitis C patients

Although it is an invasive and unpleasant procedure, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is still the gold standard for esophageal varices (EV) detection. The aim of this study was to investigate liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and spleen diameter as simple noninvasive tools for EV prediction in chro...

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Autores principales: Tag-Adeen, Mohammed, Alsenbesy, Mohamed, Ghweil, Ali Abdelrahman, Abd Elrazek, M. Ali Hussein, Elgohary, Elsayed A., Sallam, Mohammad M., Ismael, Ali, Nawara, Abdallah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29145280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000008621

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29145280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000008621

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