Etiology of ascites and the diagnostic value of serum-ascites albumin gradient in non-alcohol liver disease

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-28

  Al Knawy, Bandar A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

EID: 0030955718     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.26     Document Type: Article

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