Vitamin D and LL-37 in cirrhotic patients with culture-positive spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
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Ascitic Fluid Culture in Cirrhotic Patients with Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1110-7782,2090-9098
DOI: 10.4103/ejim.ejim_102_18