Refractory ascites: pathogenesis, definition and therapy of a severe complication in patients with cirrhosis.

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Published in Liver Int on May 21, 2010

Authors

Francesco Salerno1, Monica Guevara, Mauro Bernardi, Richard Moreau, Florence Wong, Paolo Angeli, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, Samuel S Lee

Author Affiliations

1: Policlinco IRCCS San Donato and Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Chirurgiche, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy. francesco.salerno@unimi.it

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