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El-Sherbiny W, Elegezy M, Wagih Shaltout S. New Cutoff Point for Platelet Count/Spleen Diameter Ratio to Predict Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-related Hepatic Cirrhosis. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2015; 5 (2):136-137.
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Invasive and noninvasive methods to diagnose portal Hypertension and esophageal Varices. Clin Liver Dis 2014 May;18(2):293-302. Keywords: Cirrhosis, Platelet count, Spleen diameter, Varices. How to cite this article: El-Sherbiny W, Elegezy M, Shaltout SW. New Cutoff Point for Platelet Count/ Spleen Diameter Ratio to Predict Esophageal Varices in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-related Hepatic Cirrhosis. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2015;5(2):136-137. Source of support: Nil Conflict of interest: None 1Department of Tropical Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt Address reprint requests to: Shaker Wagih Shaltout, Resident Doctor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Mansoura University Hospital Egypt, Phone: +201001770782, e-mail: shakershaltout2@yahoo.com EJOHG New Cut-off Point for Platelet Count/Spleen Diameter Ratio to Predict Esophageal Varices in Patients Euroasian Journal of Hepato-Gastroenterology, July-December 2015;5(2):136-137 137 EJOHG 3. Triantos C, Kalafateli M. Primary prevention of bleeding from esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis. World J Hepatol 2014 Jun 27;6(6):363-369
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