P-35 NONINVASIVE PREDICTORS OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATOSPLENIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI: MULTICENTER STUDY

Background: No previous study have evaluated transient elastography (TE) for predicting esophageal varices (EV) in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS). Aim: To investigate noninvasive methods of predicting EV in patients with HSS mansoni. Methods: Cross-sectional multicentric study included 51 patie...

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Main Authors: Mateus Jorge Nardelli, Zulane da Silva Tavares Veiga, Luciana Costa Faria, Gustavo Henrique Santos Pereira, Catherine Ferreira da Silva, Fernanda Aziz Barbosa, Flávia Ferreira Fernandes, Renata de Mello Perez, Cristiane Alves Villela-Nogueira, Claudia Alves Couto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268121000983