Technical and Physiological Limits of Split Liver Transplantation into Two Adults

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 6, 2000, Pages 272-275

  Rogiers, X ^a   Broering, D ^a   Topp, S ^a   Gundlach, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0034331006     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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