title: [When and how to evaluate the risk of a first variceal bleeding?].
authors.affiliation: Gastroentérologie, Département de Médecine Interne, Université de Milan, Via Pace, 9, 20122 Milan, Italie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Franchis
mesh_terms: D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous