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Young Man With Non-hypertensive Ascites of Unexpected Cause: When Ockham’s Razor Is Not Sufficient

Ascites is defined as the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, following an imbalance between production and reabsorption; it is detectable from 50 mL on ultrasound. Three mechanisms have been classically implicated, according to Starling's forces: an increase in the hydrostatic pres...

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Autores principales: Rondón-Carvajal, Julián, Alvarez-Payares, Jose C, Arias-Madrid, Natalia, Echeverri-Villegas, Jeanneth, Uribe-Zapata, Laura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9236692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774671
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25385