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Survival benefit of liver transplantation and the effect of underlying liver disease

✍ Scribed by Ana L. Gleisner; Alvaro Muñoz; Ajacio Brandao; Claudio Marroni; Maria Lucia Zanotelli; Guido Gracco Cantisani; Leila Beltrami Moreira; Michael A. Choti; Timothy M. Pawlik

Book ID
113921354
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
622 KB
Volume
147
Category
Article
ISSN
0039-6060

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