Combined liver-kidney transplantation in a child with primary hyperoxaluria
โ Scribed by Martin S. Polinsky; Steven Dunn; Bruce A. Kaiser; Seth L. Schulman; Barbara J. Wolfson; I. Bruce Elfenbein; H. J. Baluarte
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-041X
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