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¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Sequana Medical NV, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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Florence Wong et al. Liver Transpl. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;26(11):1541-1542.

doi: 10.1002/lt.25816. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Sequana Medical NV, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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Improvement in Quality of Life and Decrease in Large-Volume Paracentesis Requirements With the Automated Low-Flow Ascites Pump.
Wong F, Bendel E, Sniderman K, Frederick T, Haskal ZJ, Sanyal A, Asrani SK, Capel J, Kamath PS. Wong F, et al. Liver Transpl. 2020 May;26(5):651-661. doi: 10.1002/lt.25724. Epub 2020 Mar 22. Liver Transpl. 2020. PMID: 31999044 Free PMC article.
Improvement in Quality of Life and Decrease in Large-Volume Paracentesis Requirements With the Automated Low-Flow Ascites Pump.
Kumar K, Pillai VB. Kumar K, et al. Liver Transpl. 2020 Nov;26(11):1539-1540. doi: 10.1002/lt.25827. Epub 2020 Sep 15. Liver Transpl. 2020. PMID: 32578929 No abstract available.

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