Adult living donor liver transplantation: Donor characteristics and outcomes
β Scribed by Mayes, Thalia; Mantry, Parvez; Sudaram, Uma
- Book ID
- 122718078
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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