Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis Infections: Unsuitable Empirical Therapy
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Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University Hospital; and Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Medical University Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei. Received: 20 August 2001. Revised: 20 September 2001. Accepted: 9 October 2001. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Professor Shiann Pan, Departme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases (Online)
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2090-7184', '2090-7613']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21608/aeji.2021.101465.1192