623 Has the Model of End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Improved Racial Disparities in Graft Survival for Liver Transplant Recipients?
β Scribed by Jonassaint, Naudia L.; Yenokyan, Gayane; Boulware, L. Ebony
- Book ID
- 123258369
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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