GPT and esophageal varices: Moreover, in a clinical case described by Anolli et al (Anolli et al., 2023a), a patient with compensated cirrhosis and esophageal varices treated for 76 weeks with 10mg/d, and with 5mg/d for the following 68 weeks, a combined response was observed, platelet count and liver stiffness improved (liver stiffness also improved at the end of follow up even when compared with end of therapy evaluation, in which ALT was already negative) and small esophageal varices without red color sign, at the start, were not detected at the end.