Ascitic Fluid Lactoferrin for Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
โ Scribed by Mansour A. Parsi; Sherif N. Saadeh; Nizar N. Zein; Gary L. Davis; Rocio Lopez; James Boone; Maria R. Lepe; Linsheng Guo; Mohammad Ashfaq; Goran Klintmalm; Arthur J. McCullough
- Book ID
- 119760426
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 135
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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