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Split-liver transplants for two adult recipients: Technique of preservation of the vena cava with the right lobe graft

✍ Scribed by Abhinav Humar; Khalid Khwaja; Timothy D. Sielaff; John R. Lake; William D. Payne

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 274 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20019

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