Clinical Outcomes and Evaluation of the Quality of Life of Living Donors for Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Analysis of 100 Donors
β Scribed by Fukuda, A.; Sakamoto, S.; Shigeta, T.; Uchida, H.; Hamano, I.; Sasaki, K.; Kanazawa, H.; Loh, D.L.; Kakee, N.; Nakazawa, A.; Kasahara, M.
- Book ID
- 122125740
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 442 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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