Alcohol abuse is the most common cause of end-stage liver disease in the United States, but many transplant centers are unwilling to accept alcoholic patients because of their supposed potential for recidivism, poor compliance with the required immunosuppression regimen and resulting failure of the
Recurrence of alcoholic liver disease after liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Lee, R G
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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