Milan criteria are the most frequently used limits for liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but our previous experience with expanded criteria showed encouraging results. The aim of this study was to investigate whether our expanded Clinica Universitaria de Nav
Liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
β Scribed by Myron Schwartz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20048
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