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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2005; 11(20): 3099-3104
Published online May 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3099
Published online May 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3099
MELD vs Child-Pugh and creatinine-modified Child-Pugh score for predicting survival in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
George V. Papatheodoridis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Vassilios Sevastianos, Athanasios J. Archimandritis, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, National University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Eleni Dimitriadou, Giota Touloumi, Department of Epidemiology, National University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: George V. Papatheodoridis, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine and Gastroenterology, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Athens University, Hippokration General Hospital of Athens, 114 Vas. Sophias Ave., 115 27 Athens, Greece. gpapath@cc.uoa.gr
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Received: October 19, 2004
Revised: October 20, 2004
Accepted: January 5, 2005
Published online: May 28, 2005
Revised: October 20, 2004
Accepted: January 5, 2005
Published online: May 28, 2005
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