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Use and validation of selection criteria for liver transplantation in acute liver failure

✍ Scribed by Stephen M. Riordan; Roger Williams

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 50 KB
Volume: 6
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060221

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