Value of ascitic fluid cholesterol and serum-ascites albumin gradient in differentiating cirrhotic and malignancy related ascites
✍ Scribed by Anita R. Bijoor; T. Venkatesh
- Publisher
- Association of Clinical Biochemistry of India
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 338 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0970-1915
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