Successful adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation combined with a cadaveric split left lateral segment
โ Scribed by Zheyu Chen; Lunan Yan; Bo Li; Yong Zeng; Tianfu Wen; Jichun Zhao; Wentao Wang; Jiayin Yang; Yukui Ma; Jianwen Liu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20879
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