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Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease at King's College Hospital: Survival and quality of life

✍ Scribed by Pereira, S P ;Williams, R

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 111 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500030309

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