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When is a patient too well and when is a patient too sick for a liver transplant?

✍ Scribed by Robert M. Merion

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 83 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20265

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a Patient Too Well and When Is a Patient Too Sick For a Liver Transplant?

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