The effect of 1 month of therapy with midodrine, octreotide-LAR and albumin in refractory ascites: a pilot study.

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Published in Liver Int on May 19, 2008

Authors

Puneeta Tandon1, Ross T Tsuyuki, Lesley Mitchell, Michael Hoskinson, Mang M Ma, Winnie W Wong, Andrew L Mason, Klaus Gutfreund, Vincent G Bain

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ptandon@ualberta.ca

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