Successful living donor liver transplantation in a patient with preoperative fungal infection
โ Scribed by T Tsuchiya; T Abe; T Saito; Y Sato; A Kenjo; F Yamada; S Asari; I Nishi; K Tanaka; M Gotoh
- Book ID
- 117232914
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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