Serum-ascites albumin concentration gradient: A physiologic approach to the differential diagnosis of ascites
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Role of serum-ascites albumin gradient in differential diagnosis of ascites.
BACKGROUND The classification of ascites as 'exudative' and 'transudative' based on ascitic fluid total protein (AFTP) has been challenged in many clinical conditions like cardiac ascites, patients on prolonged diuretic therapy and malignant ascites because it had poor diagnostic efficacy. These drawbacks have led to the development of another approach to classify ascites, which is based on Ser...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0016-5085
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(83)90306-2