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Beneficial effects of living-donor liver transplantation on esophageal varices

✍ Scribed by Tomokazu Kawaoka; Shoichi Takahashi; Hiroshi Aikata; Takahiro Azakami; Hiromi Saneto; Shintaro Takaki; Soo Cheol Jeong; Toshimasa Asahara; Katsuhide Ito; Kazuaki Chayama

Publisher: Springer Japan
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 380 KB
Volume: 43
Category: Article
ISSN: 0944-1174
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2269-3

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