Family experience of waiting for living donor liver transplantation: from parental donor perspective
โ Scribed by Chu-Yi Chou; Yu-chih Chen; Chao-Long Chen; Jo-Lin Chen; Pei-Fan Mu
- Book ID
- 108847595
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 88 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-1067
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