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Liver Elastography as a Predictor of Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis
Introduction Liver cirrhosis is an advanced consequence of a long-standing liver disease that can lead to portal hypertension which subsequently can manifest as life-threatening variceal bleeding. The present study aimed to determine liver stiffness by shear wave elastography (SWE) to predict esopha...
Autores principales: | Danish, Muhammad, Ismail, Hina, Tulsi, Rani, Mehmood, Nasir, Laeeq, Syed Muddasir, Hassan Luck, Nasir |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765358 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18593 |
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