Portal Vein Embolization

Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas: Volumes 1-2, Fourth Edition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1452-1471

  Imamura, H ^a   Takayama, T ^b   Makuuchi, M ^c   Vauthey, J N ^d   Madoff, D C ^d   Abdalla, E K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3256-4.50103-4     Document Type: Chapter

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