Title: Clinical Predictors of Large Esophageal Varices: How Accurate Are They?
Abstract: 1Department of Gastroenterology The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Reprint requests and correspondence: Zobair M Younossi, MD, MPH, FACG, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Gastroenterology, Desk S-40, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 *Members of the Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology: Nimish Vakil, M.D., F.A.C.G (Chairman), Milwaukee, WI; W. Scott Brooks, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.G., Atlanta, GA; William D. Carey, M.D., F.A.C.G., Cleveland, OH; Kenneth R. DeVault, M.D., F.A.C.G., Jacksonville, FL; Simon K. Lo, M.D., F.A.C.G., Torrence, CA; Douglas M. Simon, M.D., F.A.C.G., New Rochelle, NY; J. Patrick Waring, M.D., F.A.C.G., Atlanta, GA; Freda L. Arlow, M.D., F.A.C.G., Bloomfield Hills, MI; William J. Caddick, M.D., Gastonia, NC; Christopher P. Cheney, M.D., F.A.C.G., Washington, DC; Francis A. Farraye, M.D., F.A.C.G., West Roxbury, MA; Daniel S. Pratt, M.D., Boston, MA; Amy M. Tsuchida, M.D., F.A.C.G., Tacoma, WA; John M. Wo, M.D., Louisville, KY; Alan N. Barkun, M.D., Montreal, Canada; Stephen H. Caldwell, M.D., Charlottesville, VA; Sita S. Chokhavatia, M.D., Paramus, NJ; Kris Kowdley, M.D., Seattle, WA; Dawn Provenzale, M.D., F.A.C.G., Durham, NC; Thomas R. Viggiano, M.D., F.A.C.G., Rochester, MN; and Marc J. Zuckerman, M.D., F.A.C.G., El Paso, TX. Received July 20, 1999; accepted Aug. 9, 1999.