First case of cadaveric liver transplantation in Japan
β Scribed by Kawasaki, Seiji ;Hashikura, Yasuhiko ;Ikegami, Toshihiko ;Nakazawa, Yuichi ;Miwa, Shiro ;Kubota, Tatsuya ;Mita, Atsuyoshi ;Terada, Masaru ;Miyagawa, Shin-ichi ;Furukawa, Hiroyuki ;Todo, Satoru ;Makuuchi, Masatoshi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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