Survival after liver transplantation: Is racial disparity inevitable?
โ Scribed by Tae Hoon Lee; Nilay Shah; Rachel A. Pedersen; Walter K. Kremers; Charles B. Rosen; Goran B. Klintmalm; W. Ray Kim
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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