Invited commentary: Good news for the safety of adults liver living transplantation
โ Scribed by Jacques Belghiti
- Book ID
- 113920358
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 139
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
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