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Comorbidities of alcoholic liver disease that affect outcome of orthotopic liver transplantation

✍ Scribed by Keeffe, E B

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 82 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500030310

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