Current Indications, Contraindications, Delisting Criteria, and Timing for Liver Transplantation

Transplantation of the Liver

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 95-114

  Fink, Scott A ^a,b   Brown, Robert S ^c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84884824154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-0118-2.50012-4     Document Type: Chapter

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