Diagnostic performance of platelet count/spleen diameter ratio to detect esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis
Autor: | Julián David Martínez-Marín, Katherine Marrugo-Padilla, Martín Alonso Garzón-Olarte |
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Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, Vol 69, Iss 3 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0120-0011 2357-3848 |
DOI: | 10.15446/revfacmed.v69n3.78786 |
Popis: | Introduction: The platelet count/spleen diameter (PC/SD) ratio is a noninvasive method for the diagnosis of esophageal varices (EV) used as an alternative to endoscopy in patients with cirrhosis. Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the PC/SD ratio (cut-off point |
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