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Older age and liver transplantation

✍ Scribed by J. Ignacio Herrero; Jorge Quiroga; Fernando Pardo; Bruno Sangro

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 39 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20320

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