Discovery and validation of novel protein markers in mucosa of portal hypertensive gastropathy

Abstract Background Portal hypertension induced esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding is the main cause of death among patients of decompensated liver cirrhosis. Therefore, a standardized, biomarker-based test, to make an early-stage non-invasive risk assessment of portal hypertension, is highly...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhu, Wen Xu, Wei Hu, Fang Wang, Yan Zhou, Jianguo Xu, Wei Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01787-5