Liver transplantation in the treatment of patients with hepatocelular carcinoma

Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny/ Polish Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 596-602

  Krawczyk, Marek ^a   Grat, Michał ^a   Kornasiewicz, Oskar ^a   Zieniewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Nyckowski, Paweł ^a   Patkowski, Waldemar ^a   Grzelak, Ireneusz ^a   Dudek, Krzysztof ^a   Wróblewski, Tadeusz ^a   Paluszkiewicz, Rafał ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; liver transplantation; survival; tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651295097     PISSN: 0032373X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10035-010-0090-1     Document Type: Article

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