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Liver transplantation in a patient with pulmonary hypertension

✍ Scribed by M.-C Ho; R.-H Hu; Y.-H Ni; H.-S Lai; W.-J Ko; M.-H Chang; P.-H Lee

Book ID: 117229695
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 64 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 0041-1345
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01624-9

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