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Significance of Hypoxemia Screening in Candidates for Liver Transplantation: Our Experience

✍ Scribed by A.T. Mazzeo; G. Bottari; C. Praticò; O. Penna; T. Mandolfino; L.B. Santamaria

Book ID
116932156
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
51 KB
Volume
38
Category
Article
ISSN
0041-1345

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