Long-term medical management and complications of `resistant' ascites
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- 1 December 1961
- Vol. 2 (4), 285-296
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2.4.285
Abstract
This paper reports the experience of treating patients with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites with an aldosterone inhibitor in addition to conventional therapy. Good results are demonstrated in 13 patients previously resistant to treatment.Keywords
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