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Predictors of death on the waiting list for liver transplantation characterized by a long waiting time

✍ Scribed by L. Gheorghe; I. Popescu; R. Iacob; S. Iacob; C. Gheorghe

Book ID: 110916460
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 82 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0934-0874
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00090.x

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