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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2008; 14(2): 286-291
Published online Jan 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.286
Child-Pugh-Turcott versus Meld score for predicting survival in a retrospective cohort of black African cirrhotic patients
KA Attia, KC Ackoundou-N’guessan, AT N’dri-yoman, AK Mahassadi, E Messou, YF Bathaix, YH Kissi
KA Attia, AT N’dri-yoman, AK Mahassadi, YF Bathaix, YH Kissi, Service of Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and General medicine, Yopougon Teaching Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
KC Ackoundou-N’guessan, Service of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Yopougon Teaching Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
E Messou, Centre for the Management, Research and Training on HIV/AIDS infection and related diseases (CEPREF-ACONDA VS), Yopougon-Attié, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Correspondence to: Koffi Alain Attia, Service of General Medicine, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Yopougon, PO BOX 632 Abidjan 21, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. attia_alain@hotmail.com
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Received: July 21, 2007
Revised: September 24, 2007
Published online: January 14, 2008
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