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Incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with ascites. Diagnostic value of white blood cell count and pH measurement in ascitic fluid

✍ Scribed by John Skaaning Storgaard; Jesper Hastrup Svendsen; Jens Hegnhøj; Jens Jacob Krintel; Peder Bo Nielsen

Book ID
114796755
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
310 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
0106-9543

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