Platelet count/bipolar spleen diameter ratio for the prediction of esophageal varices: The special Egyptian situation: Noninvasive prediction of esophageal varices.

Hepat Mon · 2011 · PMC3206702 · PMID 22087154

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Although portal vein diameter, as assessed by ultrasonography, was higher in cirrhotic patients with EVs, this correlation failed to reach statistical significance (P = 0.07), as did mean portal blood flow velocity; these data are consistent with results of other large trials [ 8 ][ 10 ][ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ][ 14 ].

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