Too many cooks spoil the broth: The dilemma of selecting patients with hepatocellular carcinoma for liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Claudia Hriesik; Burkhardt Ringe
- Book ID
- 119241006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-255X
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