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
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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