Cost analysis of adult–adult living donor liver transplantation in Tokyo University Hospital
✍ Scribed by Hiroki Sakata; Sumihito Tamura; Yasuhiko Sugawara; Norihiro Kokudo
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1868-6974
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