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Original Article

Low ascitic fluid total protein levels is not associated to the development of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in a cohort of 274 patients with cirrhosis

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Pages 200-205 | Received 23 Aug 2017, Accepted 26 Nov 2017, Published online: 07 Dec 2017

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