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Challenges in dealing with a cirrhotic patient

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, UO Medicina Interna 1-A, Università degli Studi di Milano, Scuola di specializzazione in Medicina Interna, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Diana Spinelli & Maria Domenica Cappellini

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, UO Medicina Interna 1-A, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via F. Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Sarah Damanti, Francesca Minonzio & Cinzia Hu

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Spinelli, D., Damanti, S., Minonzio, F. et al. Challenges in dealing with a cirrhotic patient. Intern Emerg Med 8, 161–164 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-012-0771-3

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