TY - JOUR T1 - Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a predictor of oesophageal varices in alcoholic cirrhosis JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1055 LP - 1055 VL - 53 IS - 7 AU - T A Zimbwa AU - C Blanshard AU - A Subramaniam Y1 - 2004/07/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/53/7/1055.1.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the article by Giannini et al (Gut 2003;52:1200–5) regarding platelet count/spleen diameter ratio as a non-invasive parameter to predict the presence of oesophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis.1 In patients with … ER -