Postoperative issues and outcome for acute liver failure

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  O'Grady, John G ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 58849130310     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21640     Document Type: Article

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