Splitting the cadaveric liver into right and left lobes for two adult recipients
โ Scribed by Abraham Shaked
- Book ID
- 111709464
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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