Portal hypertensive gastropathy: reproducibility of a classification, prevalence of elementary lesions, sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver. A NIEC multicentre study. New Italian Endoscopic Club. - Concepedia

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Portal hypertensive gastropathy: reproducibility of a classification, prevalence of elementary lesions, sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver. A NIEC multicentre study. New Italian Endoscopic Club.

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1997

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Luca Carpinelli, Massimo Primignani, Paoletta Preatoni, Paolo Angeli, Giorgio Battaglia, Luigi Beretta, A. Bortoli, A Capria, Renzo Cestari, F. Cosentino,

Abstract

Our results suggest that a sufficient degree of agreement can be achieved in recording portal hypertensive gastropathy. Therefore, the New Italian Endoscopic Club classification should be used to evaluate the natural history of this condition.