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Chinese Medicine Treatment of Refractory Ascites with Pleural Effusion Caused by Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Case Report

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  1. Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Hong-liang Liu, Ji-li Yuan, Jing-bo Xue & Cheng-hai Liu

  2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Cheng-hai Liu

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Liu HL made preparation and wrote this manuscript; Yuan JL and Xue JB performed critical revision of paper; Liu CH contribted in conception and critical revision of manuscript and supervision.

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81730109)

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Liu, Hl., Yuan, Jl., Xue, Jb. et al. Chinese Medicine Treatment of Refractory Ascites with Pleural Effusion Caused by Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Case Report. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 27, 225–228 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-020-3253-x

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