Routine review of ascites fluid from patients with cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma is a low-yield procedure: An observational study

CytoJournal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Thrall, Michael ^a   Giampoli, Ellen ^b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 77956601316     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.54919     Document Type: Article

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