Ultrasonographic determination of ascitic volume

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-551

  Inadomi, John ^a,b   Cello, John P ^a   Koch, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029795547     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008781322     Document Type: Article

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