Improvement in survival associated with adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation.

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Published in Gastroenterology on September 14, 2007

Authors

Carl L Berg1, Brenda W Gillespie, Robert M Merion, Robert S Brown, Michael M Abecassis, James F Trotter, Robert A Fisher, Chris E Freise, R Mark Ghobrial, Abraham Shaked, Jeffrey H Fair, James E Everhart, A2ALL Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. CLB7D@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu

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