MELD and other predictors of survival after liver transplantation
✍ Scribed by Ajacio Brandão; Sandra C. Fuchs; Ana L. Gleisner; C. Marroni; Maria L. Zanotelli; Guido Cantisani; on behalf of the Liver Transplantation Group
- Book ID
- 110890086
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0902-0063
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