2010 International consensus conference on liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Texts of experts
β Scribed by Mickael Lesurtel; Pierre-Alain Clavien
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.22350
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