Early liver transplantation is crucial in children with liver disease and pulmonary artery hypertension
โ Scribed by Jean Losay; Dominique Piot; Joelle Bougaran; Yves Ozier; Denis Devictor; Didier Houssin; Olivier Bernard
- Book ID
- 119135784
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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