## AND VICENTE ARROYO^ Diuretic treatment in cirrhotic patients with ascites increases ascitic fluid concentration of total protein and complement components, and opsonic activity. These changes are not observed in patients treated with paracentesis. Based on these data it has been suggested that
[241] PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENT S. RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY
โ Scribed by J.B. Nousbaum; J.F. Cadranel; C. Bessaguet; P. Nahon; E. Nguyen-Khac; R. Moreau; T. Thevenot; C. Silvain; C. Bureau; O. Nouel; C. Pilette; T. Paupard; A. Pauwels; T. Sapey; I.D. Grange; A. Tran; C. Club
- Book ID
- 117375340
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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