Liver transplantation in the UK.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on October 01, 2001

Authors

S R Bramhall1, E Minford, B Gunson, J A Buckels

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK. s.r.bramhall@bham.ac.uk

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