Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and allocation of donor livers
โ Scribed by Russell Wiesner; Erick Edwards; Richard Freeman; Ann Harper; Ray Kim; Patrick Kamath; Walter Kremers; John Lake; Todd Howard; Robert M. Merion; Robert A. Wolfe; Ruud Krom
- Book ID
- 119756902
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 100 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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