Are preoperative patterns of alcohol consumption predictive of relapse after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease?
✍ Scribed by Pascal Perney; Michaël Bismuth; Hélène Sigaud; Marie Christine Picot; Eric Jacquet; Pierre Puche; Samir Jaber; Hélène Rigole; Françis Navarro; Jean-Jacques Eledjam; François Blanc; Dominique Larrey; Georges-Philippe Pageaux
- Book ID
- 110916576
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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