Gastroen Clin Biol
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Peritoneal tuberculosis and carcinomatosis are the most frequent etiologies of exsudative ascitis and require rapid diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this study has been to evaluate the predictive value of clinical and complementary data for the etiologic diagnosis of exsudative ascites and to assess the results of laparoscopic surgery. ⋯ Etiological diagnosis of exsudative ascitis remains difficult to establish. Peritoneal biopsies under videolaparoscopy are currently the "gold standard" for diagnosis.
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Case Reports
[Development of a myasthenia crisis during interferon treatment for chronic C hepatitis].
If myasthenia gravis is not a usual complication of interferon therapy, several cases have been described with the use of theses molecules in the treatment of hepatitis C, cancer or multiple sclerosis. We report a new case of serious myasthenia gravis during interferon alpha and ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C.