Measurement of multiple spleen lengths is not necessary for non-invasive prediction of high-risk esophagogastric varices.
Masashi HirookaTakaaki TanakaYohei KoizumiRyo YanoKotarou SunagoTakao WatanabeOsamu YoshidaYoshio TokumotoMasanori AbeYoichi HiasaPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)
Platelet/spleen length has a reasonable ability to predict high-risk esophagogastric varices, even though measurement of two or three factors can be correlated with spleen volume.
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