Liver transplantation in Japan

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1401-1407

  Soyama, Akihiko ^a   Eguchi, Susumu ^a   Egawa, Hiroto ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANT SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84990855337     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24502     Document Type: Article

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