Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension: Variations in prevalence
โ Scribed by S. W. Hosking
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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โฆ Synopsis
Mosaic pattern of gastric mucosa has been reported to be a sensitive and specific criterion for the diagnosis of portal hypertension and an important marker of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. So that the validity of this endoscopic sign could be assessed, 136 patients with portal hypertension, 25 chronic alcoholics without portal hypertension, and 366 controls were carefully endoscoped. Mosaic pattern was significantly (p <
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