Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a predictor of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients

• Ângelo Zambam de Mattos,
• Angelo Alves de Mattos,
• Francisco Barrera Martínez,
• Arnoldo Riquelme Pérez,
• Marco Arrese Jiménez

Affiliations

Ângelo Zambam de Mattos

Gastroenterologist and Post-Graduate Student in Hepatology of Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil

Angelo Alves de Mattos

Head Professor of the Department of Gastroenterology and of the PostGraduate Course of Hepatology of Universidade Federal de Ciencias da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil; Correspondence and reprint request:

Francisco Barrera Martínez

Department of Gastroenterology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Correspondence and reprint request:

Arnoldo Riquelme Pérez

Department of Gastroenterology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Marco Arrese Jiménez

Department of Gastroenterology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile