Investigation of ascites - Are we doing enough?

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 221-223

  Bhagat, K ^a   Mamutse, G ^a   Jonsson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034252716     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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