The demographics of patients in the United States who undergo living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) versus patients who undergo deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) are interesting with respect to the demographics of the donor service areas (DSAs). We examined adult recipients of primary,
Living Donor and Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation for Autoimmune and Cholestatic Liver Diseases—An Analysis of the UNOS Database
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- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 450 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-255X
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