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Umbilical hernia rupture in cirrhotics with ascites

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    Stephen Kirkpatrick MD &  Timothy Schubert MD

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Kirkpatrick, S., Schubert, T. Umbilical hernia rupture in cirrhotics with ascites. Digest Dis Sci 33, 762–765 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01540442

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