Donor evaluation and hepatectomy for living-donor liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Tamura, Sumihito ;Sugawara, Yasuhiko ;Kokudo, Norihiro
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 404 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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