Quality of life in actual living liver donors versus potential living liver donors
โ Scribed by Zeeshan Butt,; Daniela Ladner; Neehar Parikh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 37 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.22042
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