Technical considerations in liver transplantation: what a hepatologist needs to know (and every surgeon should practice).

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Published in Liver Transpl on August 01, 2005

Authors

Bijan Eghtesad1, Zakiyah Kadry, John Fung

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. eghtesb@ccf.org

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