Curable conspicuous ascites: The forgotten four

Hospital Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 98-100

  Fred, Herbert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MYXEDEMA; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

EID: 0033569728     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1999.11443930     Document Type: Review

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