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. 2021 Jan;19(1):9-13.
doi: 10.2450/2020.0414-20. Epub 2020 Dec 18.

AISF-SIMTI position paper on the appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis: a 2020 update

Paolo Caraceni  1 , Paolo Angeli  2 , Daniele Prati  3 , Mauro Bernardi  1 , Pierluigi Berti  4 , Francesco Bennardello  5 , Francesco Fiorin  6 , Pierluigi Piccoli  7 ; Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF), on behalf of the Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology (SIMTI)
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AISF-SIMTI position paper on the appropriate use of albumin in patients with liver cirrhosis: a 2020 update

Paolo Caraceni et al. Blood Transfus. 2021 Jan.
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PC has been speaker about this issue in symposia or webinars sponsored by Grifols SA, Octapharma SA and Kedrion Biopharma SpA and is collaborating with Octapharma SA industry for research in the field. PA has been a member of Sequana Medical AG Advisory Board and Ferring Advisory Board, and speaker in symposia sponsored by Kedrion Biopharma SpA. MB has been consultant and speaker for CSL Behring GmbH, Takeda, Grifols SA, and speaker in symposia sponsored by PPTA and Octapharma AG. No conflict of interest for all other Authors.

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