Accuracy of Fibrosis-4 Index in Identification of Patients with Cirrhosis Who Could Potentially Avoid Variceal Screening Endoscopy
A potential restriction of the Baveno VI consensus, which helps to avoid unnecessary endoscopies, is the limited availability of FibroScan. We aimed to identify serum fibrosis indices that might aid in ruling out the presence of high-risk varices in cirrhotic patients. This retrospective study inclu...
Main Authors: | Koji Ishida, Tadashi Namisaki, Koji Murata, Yuki Fujimoto, Souichi Takeda, Masahide Enomoto, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Hirotetsu Takagi, Yuki Tsuji, Daisuke Kaya, Yukihisa Fujinaga, Masanori Furukawa, Yasuhiko Sawada, Koh Kitagawa, Shinya Sato, Norihisa Nishimura, Hiroaki Takaya, Kosuke Kaji, Naotaka Shimozato, Hideto Kawaratani, Kei Moriya, Takemi Akahane, Akira Mitoro, Hitoshi Yoshiji |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3510 |
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