Prediction of large esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients using classification and regression tree analysis
OBJECTIVES: Recent guidelines recommend that all cirrhotic patients should undergo endoscopic screening for esophageal varices. That identifying cirrhotic patients with esophageal varices by noninvasive predictors would allow for the restriction of the performance of endoscopy to patients with a hig...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculdade de Medicina / USP
2011-01-01
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Series: | Clinics |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000100021 |