PREDICTORS OF SHORT-TERM OUTCOME OF SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN TURKISH CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS
✍ Scribed by Ali Riza Soylu; Gulbin Dökmeci; Ahmet Tezel; Hasan Ümit; Hümeyra Amuca; Murat Akova; Mevlüt Türe; Yusuf Bayraktar
- Book ID
- 108950234
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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