Editorial: The sleeping giant awakens - Liver transplantation in China

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1723-1724

  Fung, J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRAIN DEATH; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL TOURISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BRAIN DEATH; CHINA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MEDICAL TOURISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77954943198     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03185.x     Document Type: Editorial

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