ABO-Incompatible Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
โ Scribed by N. Matsuno; H. Iwamoto; Y. Nakamura; K. Hama; Y. Kihara; O. Konno; Y. Jojima; I. Akashi; A. Mijiti; T. Ashizawa; T. Nagao
- Book ID
- 116934552
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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