Serum sodium predicts mortality in patients listed for liver transplantation.

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Published in Hepatology on January 01, 2005

Authors

Scott W Biggins1, Harry J Rodriguez, Peter Bacchetti, Nathan M Bass, John P Roberts, Norah A Terrault

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

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