Background and study aims: Non-invasive predictors of medium/large oesophageal varices (LOVs) could reduce the number of screening endoscopies. As portal hypertension is a consequence of liver fibrosis, serum fibrosis markers were evaluated together with other variables as possible non-invasive predictors of medium OV/LOV. Patients and methods: A total of 154 cirrhotic patients with splenomegaly and 30 healthy control subjects were ... Read more