Bacterial infection in cirrhosis impairs coagulation by a heparin effect: a prospective study
โ Scribed by Paolo Montalto; Jiannis Vlachogiannakos; Dominic J Cox; Sabrina Pastacaldi; David Patch; Andrew K Burroughs
- Book ID
- 118564736
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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