Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension: A report of the multicenter liver transplant database
โ Scribed by Michael J. Krowka; M. Susan Mandell; Michael A.E. Ramsay; Steve M. Kawut; Michael B. Fallon; Cosme Manzarbeitia; Manuel Pardo Jr; Paul Marotta; Shinji Uemoto; Markus P. Stoffel; Joanne T. Benson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20016
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