Pulmonary function testing in patients with liver cirrhosis (Review)
- Authors:
- Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou
- Stavroula Asimakopoulou
- Evangelos Cholongitas
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Affiliations: Department of Infectious Diseases and COVID‑19 Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, First Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece - Published online on: July 6, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2023.96
- Article Number: 36
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Copyright : © Georgakopoulou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0].
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