Patients with deficient ascitic fluid opsonic activity are predisposed to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 632-635

  Runyon, Bruce A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT;

HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONITIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCITIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPLEMENT 3; COMPLEMENT 4; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEUTROPHILS; OPSONINS; PERITONITIS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023801336     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840080332     Document Type: Article

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