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A unos perspective on donor liver allocation

✍ Scribed by Bollinger, R. Randal

Book ID: 102933686
Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 850 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500010111

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✦ Synopsis

Issues in Donor liver Allocation

n this, the inaugural publication of The Crucible, we examine the issue of donor liver allocation. I To that purpose, we have invited discussion from a panel of authors with wide-ranging perspectives on this issue.

Randy Bollinger is a former President of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the Chief of General Surgery at

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