Clinical factors predicting readmission after orthotopic liver transplantation
β Scribed by Arema A. Pereira; Renuka Bhattacharya; Robert Carithers; Jorge Reyes; James Perkins
- Book ID
- 115559723
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 235 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.23475
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