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Aminopyrine breath test in cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplantation: do we really need it ?

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  1. Liver Transplant Unit, Cisanello Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Paolo De Simone & Franco Filipponi

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De Simone, P., Filipponi, F. Aminopyrine breath test in cirrhotic patients awaiting liver transplantation: do we really need it ?. Transpl Int 17, 651–652 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00147-004-0772-x

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