Incidence of Prolonged Qt in Cirrhotic Patient
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Aliakbar Hajaghamohammadi, Nazanin Salami, Ali Zargar, Arash Miroliaee Associate Professor of qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran. MD, qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran. Assistant Professor of qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran. *Corresponding Author: Division of internal medicine, department of Gastroenterology, Qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
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