TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Mohamed Abdelghany AU - Mona Hegazy , AU - Taher Elzanaty , TI - Esophageal varices as additional site for platelet sequestration : : Effect of variceal eradication on platelet count / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Mohamed Abdelghany , KW - Livsr cislhosir KW - Ovephageol variad KW - Plalelt count N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis are now being recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide our goal was to assess the effect of variceal eradication either by endoscopic band ligation or injection sclerotherapy on platelet count. We found that platelet count showed significant elevation in the third month compared to the initial reading in control group on B-blocker, while platelet count showed no significance all over the 3 months period of follow up in group I and II UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -