Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation: Is immunosuppression a factor?
โ Scribed by Myron Schwartz; Manoussos Konstadoulakis; Sasan Roayaie
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 52 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20413
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