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The Outcome of Cirrhotic Patients with Ascites Is Improved by the Normalization of the Serum Sodium Level by Tolvaptan
OBJECTIVE: Hyponatremia is frequently observed in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and it is also related to a poor prognosis. The vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist tolvaptan is used to treat cirrhotic patients with ascites and increases the serum sodium (Na) level. In this study, we inv...
Autores principales: | Kogiso, Tomomi, Kobayashi, Mutsuki, Yamamoto, Kuniko, Ikarashi, Yuichi, Kodama, Kazuhisa, Taniai, Makiko, Torii, Nobuyuki, Hashimoto, Etsuko, Tokushige, Katsutoshi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725852/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943585 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9033-17 |
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