Liver transplantation organ allocation between Child and MELD.

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Published in Wien Med Wochenschr on July 01, 2006

Authors

Ivo Graziadei1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. ivo.graziadei@uibk.ac.at

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