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July 11, 2017Hepatology267 citationsOpen Access

Expanding the Baveno VI criteria for the screening of varices in patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease

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SASalvador AugustínMPMònica PonsJMJames Maurice

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The new Expanded-Baveno VI criteria spare more endoscopies than the original criteria with a minimal risk of missing VNT in most of the main etiologies of cACLD. (Hepatology 2017;66:1980-1988).

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dabe2e4e9a02dbaa684218https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.29363
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