Non-invasive prediction of oesophageal varices in cirrhosis.

Non-invasive predictors of varices in cirrhosis would reduce the need for screening endoscopies. Platelet count and spleen size have been shown to be useful parameters, in mixed groups of cirrhotics with different aetiologies. We evaluated this in two homogeneous groups with cirrhosis due to hepatitis C and alcohol. Non-invasive predictors appear promising in the former group, but less so in the latter group.

• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  World Journal of Gastroenterology

• Publication date

  2008-04-21

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3748/WJG.14.2454PMID 18416480PMCID PMC2705108
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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