Successful liver transplantation for congenital absence of the portal vein complicated by intrapulmonary shunt and brain abscess
โ Scribed by Yasuharu Ohnishi; Mikiko Ueda; Hiraku Doi; Mureo Kasahara; Hironori Haga; Hideya Kamei; Kohei Ogawa; Yasuhiro Ogura; Elena Y. Yoshitoshi; Koichi Tanaka
- Book ID
- 116685130
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3468
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