Auxiliary liver transplantation (ALT) permits the serial assessment of regeneration in livers of patients with acute liver failure (ALF). Forty-nine ALF patients [32 adults (median age, 23 years; range, 16-40 years) and 17 children (median age, 12 years; range, 1-15 years)] underwent ALT between 199
Auxiliary liver transplantation for acute liver failure
β Scribed by Shaw, Byers W.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 650 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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