The authors, from well-respected and accomplished liver transplant centers in Houston and San Antonio, write of the geographic disparities and deceased donor liver transplantation within United Network for Organ Sharing region 4. 1 They note significant differences in Model for End-Stage Liver Disea
Reply: Geographic disparities and deceased donor liver transplantation within a single UNOS region
โ Scribed by John A. Goss; Neal R. Barshes; W. Kenneth Washburn
- Book ID
- 102470015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21302
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