Total paracentesis associated with intravenous albumin management of patients with cirrhosis and ascites

Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 146-151

  Titó, Llúcia ^a   Ginès, Pere ^a   Arroyo, Vicente ^a   Planas, Ramón ^a   Panés, Julià ^a   Rimola, Antoni ^a   Llach, Josep ^a   Humbert, Pere ^a   Badalamenti, Salvatore ^a   Jiménez, Wladimiro ^a   Rodés, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ALBUMINS; ASCITES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PUNCTURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025064015     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(90)91303-N     Document Type: Article

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