Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception for polycystic liver disease.

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Published in Liver Transpl on December 01, 2006

Authors

Luis Arrazola1, Dilip Moonka, Robert G Gish, Gregory T Everson

Author Affiliations

1: Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC, USA.

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