Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio in comparison with portal vein diameter: as a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

Angie Mohamed Ali Rund;

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Liver cirrhosis is a major health problem in Egypt, especially complicating schistosomiasis and viral hepatitis. Chronic HCV is the main cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer in Egypt, where it contains the highest prevalence of hepatitis C in the


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Title Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio in comparison with portal vein diameter: as a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis
Authors Angie Mohamed Ali Rund
Keywords Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio in comparison with portal vein diameter: as a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis
Issue Date 2004
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Liver cirrhosis is a major health problem in Egypt, especially complicating schistosomiasis and viral hepatitis. Chronic HCV is the main cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer in Egypt, where it contains the highest prevalence of hepatitis C in the

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