Liver transplantation for hereditary hemochromatosis

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 316-322

  Poulos, John E ^a   Bacon, Bruce R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage liver disease; Hemochromatosis; Hereditary; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030229144     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000171562     Document Type: Article

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