Spleen Stiffness Correlates with the Presence of Ascites but Not Esophageal Varices in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

<table>Correlation between the liver shear-wave velocity (SWV; m/sec) and the spleen shear-wave velocity (SWV; m/sec) in healthy volunteers and patients with chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. rs: Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.</table>

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Figure 3: Spleen Stiffness Correlates with the Presence of Ascites but Not Esophageal Varices in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients 