Noninvasive Prediction of Large Esophageal Varices in Chronic Liver Disease Patients

BACKGROUND/AIM: Esophageal varices (EVs) are a serious consequence of portal hypertension in patients with liver diseases. Several studies have evaluated possible noninvasive markers of EVs to reduce the number of unnecessary endoscopies in patients with cirrhosis but without varices. This prospecti...

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Main Authors: Sarangapani, Arulprakash, Shanmugam, Chitra, Kalyanasundaram, Muthukumaran, Rangachari, Balamurali, Thangavelu, Pugazhendhi, Subbarayan, Jeevan Kumar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Medknow Publications 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3023101/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20065573
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.58767
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