Paracentesis: a re-evaluated procedure in the management of cirrhotic patients with ascites.

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  The Italian journal of gastroenterology

• Publication date

  1990-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  PMID 2131928
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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