Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception for bacterial cholangitis
โ Scribed by Gregory J. Gores; Robert G. Gish; Roshan Shrestha; Russell H. Wiesner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20966
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