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Elastography-based screening for esophageal varices in patients with advanced chronic liver disease

Elastography-based liver stiffness measurement (LSM) is a non-invasive tool for estimating liver fibrosis but also provides an estimate for the severity of portal hypertension in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). The presence of varices and especially of varices needing treatment...

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Autores principales: Paternostro, Rafael, Reiberger, Thomas, Bucsics, Theresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30686900
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i3.308