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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2008; 14(10): 1549-1552
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1549
High circulating D-dimers are associated with ascites and hepatocellular carcinoma in liver cirrhosis
Aldo Spadaro, Vincenza Tortorella, Carmela Morace, Agostino Fortiguerra, Paola Composto, Caterina Bonfiglio, Angela Alibrandi, Carmelo Luigiano, Giuseppe De Caro, Antonino Ajello, Oscar Ferraù, Maria Antonietta Freni
Aldo Spadaro, Vincenza Tortorella, Carmela Morace, Agostino Fortiguerra, Paola Composto, Caterina Bonfiglio, Carmelo Luigiano, Giuseppe De Caro, Antonino Ajello, Oscar Ferraù, Maria Antonietta Freni, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology University Hospital, Messina 98125, Italy
Angela Alibrandi, Department of Statistics, University of Messina, Messina 98125, Italy
Author contributions: Spadaro A, Freni MA and Tortorella V designed research; Tortorella V, Morace C, Fortiguerra A, Composto P, Bonfiglio C, Luigiano C, De Caro G, Ajello A, Ferraù O performed research; Alibrandi A analyzed data; Freni MA, Spadaro A and Morace C wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Aldo Spadaro, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, Clinica Medica, Pad C-University Hospital, Via Consolare Valeria, Messina 98125, Italy. aldo.spadaro@unime.it
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Received: August 29, 2007
Revised: January 24, 2008
Published online: March 14, 2008
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