the ascitic fluid concentrations of cholesterol and fibronectin and the serum-ascites albumin difference were compared with two conventional tests of ascitic fluid , total protein and ldh , in their diagnostic ability for detection of malignancy in ascitic samples from 69 patients with ascites : 54 with ascites due to liver disease and 15 whose ascites was caused by peritoneal metastases .
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