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Editorial
. 2020 Aug;52(4):723-724.
doi: 10.1111/apt.15928.

Editorial: palliative long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites-a step in the right direction, but not the complete solution. Authors' reply

Lucia Macken  1   2 , Stephen Bremner  3 , David Sheridan  4 , Sumita Verma  1   2 ; REDUCe Study Team
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Editorial: palliative long-term abdominal drains in refractory ascites-a step in the right direction, but not the complete solution. Authors' reply

Lucia Macken et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Aug.
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