Wai et al. 1 developed indexes that identified significant fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. These indexes, including aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and platelets, had good discriminative power, as shown by areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.82 for fo
Systemic, renal, and hepatic hemodynamic derangement in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
✍ Scribed by Luis Ruiz-del-Arbol; Jesús Urman; Javier Fernández; Mónica González; Miguel Navasa; Alberto Monescillo; Agustín Albillos; Wladimiro Jiménez; Vicente Arroyo
- Book ID
- 111722386
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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