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Acquired amyloid neuropathy in a Portuguese patient after domino liver transplantation

✍ Scribed by Isabel Conceição; Teresinha Evangelista; José Castro; Pedro Pereira; Ana Silvestre; Conceição A Coutinho; Mamede de Carvalho

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
202 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-639X

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