Is there any novelty on the horizon of heart failure management in internal medicine? the evaluation of body fluid accumulation

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-270

  Parrinello, Gaspare ^a   Torres, Daniele ^a   Paterna, Salvatore ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE;

EID: 67349142542     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0239-2     Document Type: Article

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