Expanding HCC criteria for liver transplant: The urgent need for prospective, robust data
β Scribed by Josep M. Llovet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20908
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