Response to Therapy as a Criterion for Awarding Priority to Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Awaiting Liver Transplantation
✍ Scribed by Alessandro Vitale; Francesco D’Amico; Anna Chiara Frigo; Francesco Grigoletto; Alberto Brolese; Giacomo Zanus; Daniele Neri; Amedeo Carraro; Francesco Enrico D’Amico; Patrizia Burra; Francesco Russo; Paolo Angeli; Umberto Cillo
- Book ID
- 111773515
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 327 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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