TIPS in refractory ascites in cirrhosis: Not only survival is the clue [5]

Gastroenterology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 997-998

  Ockenga, Johann ^a   Schuetz, Tatjana ^a   Lochs, Herbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCITES; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARACENTESIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0041823624     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)01144-2     Document Type: Letter

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