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The clinical course and short-term mortality of cirrhotic patients with non-spontaneous bacterial peritonitis infections
Lin Y. Wang,
Lin Y. Wang
Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this author Bin Y. Hu,
Bin Y. Hu
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this author Qiao B. Wang,
Qiao B. Wang
Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this author Ping Y. Chen,
Corresponding Author
Ping Y. Chen
Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Lin Y. Wang,
Lin Y. Wang
Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this author Bin Y. Hu,
Bin Y. Hu
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this author Qiao B. Wang,
Qiao B. Wang
Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Search for more papers by this author Ping Y. Chen,
Corresponding Author
Ping Y. Chen
Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
E-mail:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 11 October 2016
No abstract is available for this article.
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