Utility of an algorithm in differentiating spontaneous from secondary bacterial peritonitis.

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Published in Gastroenterology on January 01, 1990

Authors

E A Akriviadis1, B A Runyon

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Unit, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

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