Equivalent survival following liver transplantation in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis compared with patients with other liver diseases
โ Scribed by Christopher Kennedy; David Redden; Stephen Gray; Devin Eckhoff; Omar Massoud; Brendan McGuire; Basem Alkurdi; Joseph Bloomer; Derek A. DuBay
- Book ID
- 115291085
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1365-182X
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