Liver Transplantation: Anesthesia, Perioperative Management, and Postoperative Intensive Care

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1703-1716

  Janicki, P K ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3256-4.50122-8     Document Type: Chapter

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