Care of Patients with Ascites

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 337-342

  Runyon, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PUNCTURE; SUCTION; ASCITES FLUID; CANCER; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; PARACENTESIS; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASCITES; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PUNCTURES; SUCTION;

ALBUMIN; DEXTRAN; FUROSEMIDE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; QUININE SULFATE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 0028762425     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199402033300508     Document Type: Review

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