Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 689-695, June 2009

Incidence, Prevalence, and Clinical Significance of Abnormal Hematologic Indices in Compensated Cirrhosis

  • Amir A. Qamar

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Dr Amir A. Qamar, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. fax: (617) 566-0338
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  • Norman D. Grace

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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  • Roberto J. Groszmann

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
    • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Guadalupe Garcia–Tsao

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
    • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Jaime Bosch

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Andrew K. Burroughs

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Cristina Ripoll

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut
    • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Rie Maurer

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ramon Planas

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Angels Escorsell

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • Juan Carlos Garcia–Pagan

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain
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  • David Patch

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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  • Daniel S. Matloff

      Affiliations

    • Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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  • Robert Makuch

      Affiliations

    • Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Gabriel Rendon

      Affiliations

    • Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Portal Hypertension Collaborative Group

published online 12 March 2009.

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    •  Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

     Funding Supported by a grant (RO1 46580) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and Goldberg Junior Faculty Award (7/1/06–6/30/08). The CIBERehd is funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

    PII: S1542-3565(09)00200-6

    doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.021

    Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 689-695, June 2009