Auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) in the treatment of acute liver failure
β Scribed by Daniel Jaeck; Karim Boudjema; Maxime Audet; Marie-Pierre Chenard-Neu; Umberto Simeoni; Carole Meyer; Hiroshi Nakano; Philippe Wolf
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 446 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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