Liver transplantation in romania - Retrospective analysis of 300 cases

Annals of Fundeni Hospital

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Popescu, I ^a   Ionescu, M ^a   Brasoveanu, V ^a   Hrehoret, D ^a   Matei, E ^a   Dorobantu, B ^a   Zamfir, R ^a   Alexandrescu, S ^a   Grigorie, M ^a   Tulbure, D ^a   Popa, L ^a   Ungureanu, M ^a   Cristea, A ^a   Gheorghe, L ^a   Smira, G ^a   Iacob, S ^a   Boros, M ^a   Lupescu, I ^a   Vlad, L ^a   Herlea, V ^a   Croitoru, M ^b   Platon, P ^b   Alloub, A ^a   more..

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^b CC Iliescu Heart Diseases Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Indications; Liver transplantation; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355134428     PISSN: 12243450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10206-011-0011-x     Document Type: Article

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