Impact of a transfusion-free program on non-Jehovah's Witness patients undergoing liver transplantation.

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Published in Arch Surg on September 01, 2006

Authors

Nicolas Jabbour1, Singh Gagandeep, Haimesh Shah, Rod Mateo, Maria Stapfer, Yuri Genyk, Linda Sher, Monika Zwierzchoniewska, Rick Selby, Gary Zeger

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery and Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Keck School of Medicine, and University Hospital, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. nicolas.jabbour@integris-health.com

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