Orthotopic liver transplantation for urea cycle enzyme deficiency
β Scribed by Satoru Todo; Thomas E. Starzl; Andreas Tzakis; Keith J. Benkov; Frantisek Kalousek; Takeyori Saheki; Kyuichi Tanikawa; Wayne A. Fenton
- Book ID
- 102237234
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 418 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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