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Sequential (domino) transplantation of the liver in a transthyretin-50 familial amyloid polyneuropathy

✍ Scribed by Markus Golling; Reinhard Singer; Gunther Weiß; Arianeb Mehrabi; Christina Zapletal; Thomas Kraus; Christian Herfarth; Ernst Klar

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 193 KB
Volume: 385
Category: Article
ISSN: 1435-2451
DOI: 10.1007/s004230050005

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