Pericardial disease is often not recognised as a cause of chronic severe ascites

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-169

  Merwe, Schalk Van Der ^a   Dens, Jo ^a   Daenen, Willem ^a   Desmet, Valeer ^a   Fevery, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ascites; Constrictive pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; DIURETIC AGENT; INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033979940     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80204-4     Document Type: Article

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