Total paracentesis with dextran 40 vs diuretics in the treatment of ascites in cirrhosis: a randomized controlled study

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 282-288

  Solà, Ricard ^b   Vila, Maria Carme ^b   Andreu, Montserrat ^b   Oliver, Maria Isabel ^b   Coll, Susanna ^b   Gana, Jordi ^b   Ledesma, Sergio ^b   Ginès, Pere ^a   Jiménez, Wladimiro ^a   Arroyo, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DEXTRAN 40; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALDOSTERONE; ASCITES; DEXTRANS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; RENIN;

EID: 0028316295     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(05)80070-4     Document Type: Article

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