Patients with hyponatremic cirrhosis have low-grade cerebral edema and poor quality-of-life
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2014, Vol 13, Issue 3
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Motoh Iwasa, Ryosuke Sugimoto, Yoshiyuki Takei
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