Total paracentesis in cirrhotic patients with tense ascites and dilutional hyponatremia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2219-2223

  Vila, Maria Carme ^a,b   Coll, Susanna ^a   Sola, Ricard ^a   Andreu, Montserrat ^a   Gana, Jordi ^a   Marquez, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; RENIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033180371     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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