Yoon H, Shin HJ, Kim MJ, Han SJ, Koh H, Kim S, Lee MJ. Predicting gastroesophageal varices through spleen magnetic resonance elastography in pediatric liver fibrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(3): 367-377 [PMID: 30686904 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i3.367]
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Mi-Jung Lee, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Severance Pediatric Liver Disease Research Group, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, South Korea. mjl1213@yuhs.ac
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Retrospective Study
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Table 4 Diagnostic performance in assessing the presence of gastroesophageal varices
Parameter
AUC
95%CI
Cut-off value
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity (%)
APRI
0.844
0.627-0.961
> 0.65
100.0
75.0
Spleen size ratio
0.813
0.591-0.945
> 1.08
83.3
75.0
Spleen MRE (kPa)
0.844
0.627-0.961
> 9.9
83.3
81.3
Citation: Yoon H, Shin HJ, Kim MJ, Han SJ, Koh H, Kim S, Lee MJ. Predicting gastroesophageal varices through spleen magnetic resonance elastography in pediatric liver fibrosis. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(3): 367-377