Auxiliary liver transplantation with arterialization of the portal vein for acute hepatic failure
✍ Scribed by J. Erhard; Reinhard Lange; Ursula Rauen; Ralf Scherer; Jürgen Friedrich; Michael Pietsch; Herbert de Groot; Friedrich Wilhelm Eigler
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 944 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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