Clinical and ethnic differences in candidates listed for liver transplantation with and without potential living donors
โ Scribed by Dianne LaPointe Rudow; Mark W. Russo; Sylvia Hafliger; Jean C. Emond; Robert S. Brown Jr
- Book ID
- 111723327
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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