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Dr. Pinzani is a visiting scholar from Istituto di Clinica Medica IV, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

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Pinzani, M., Zipser, R.D. The hepatorenal syndrome. Intensive Care Med 13, 148–153 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00254697

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