Gas6 as a predictor of esophageal varices in patients affected by hepatitis C virus related-chronic liver disease
Bellan M., Sainaghi P. P., Minh M. T., Minisini R., Molinari L., Baldrighi M., Salmi L., Barbaglia M. N., Castello L. M., Ravanini P., Avanzi G. C. and Pirisi M.
2018
Biomark Med 12;1 (27-34)
AIM: Plasma Gas6 was tested as an alternative to Baveno VI criteria (liver stiffness 150 x 10(9)/l) in an endoscopy-sparing strategy. METHODS: A total of 160 patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis underwent, on the same occasion, liver elastography, upper endoscopy, a platelet count and serum Gas6 measurement. RESULTS: A total of 74/160 (46%) patients had esophageal varices, that were small (diameter
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