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Doppler Surrogate Endoscopy for Screening Esophageal Varices in Patients With Cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Portal hypertension is a common consequence of hepatic cirrhosis, which causes esophageal varices. Bleeding from varices has a high mortality rate. The present gold standard for diagnosing varices is endoscopy. Considering endoscopy side effects and patients' low acceptance, there h...

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Main Authors: Akhavan Rezayat, Kambiz, Mansour Ghanaei, Fariborz, Alizadeh, Ahmad, Shafaghi, Afshin, Babaei Jandaghi, Ali
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Kowsar 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3909634/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24497873
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.11237
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