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Liver volume index predicts the risk of esophageal variceal hemorrhage in cirrhotic patients on propranolol prophylaxis
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Non-selective β-blockers (NSBBs) are used for primary prevention of esophageal variceal hemorrhage (VH) in patients with portal hypertension, but a significant number of patients develop VH while on NSBB therapy. In this study, we sought to determine whether liver volume can predict...
Autores principales: | Kim, Beom Hee, Chung, Jung Wha, Lee, Chung Seop, Jang, Eun Sun, Jeong, Sook-Hyang, Kim, Nayoung, Kim, Jin-Wook |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Korean Association of Internal Medicine
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823564/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30759966 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2018.120 |
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