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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2008; 14(37): 5689-5694
Published online Oct 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5689
Published online Oct 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5689
Accuracy of the automated cell counters for management of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Oliviero Riggio, Stefania Angeloni, Antonella Parente, Cinzia Leboffe, Giorgio Pinto, Teresa Aronne, Manuela Merli, Department of Clinical Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome 00185, Italy
Author contributions: Angeloni S, Leboffe C and Parente A enrolled the patients and collected and analysed the data; Pinto G and Aronne T performed the PMN cell count in the ascitic fluid by the manual method and the automatic cell counter, respectively; Merli M and Riggio O designed the study and wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Oliviero Riggio, Professor, II Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Viale dell’Università 37, Rome 00185, Italy. oliviero.riggio@uniroma1.it
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Received: March 28, 2008
Revised: September 16, 2008
Accepted: September 23, 2008
Published online: October 7, 2008
Revised: September 16, 2008
Accepted: September 23, 2008
Published online: October 7, 2008
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