Impact of the center on graft failure after liver transplantation.

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Published in Liver Transpl on July 26, 2013

Authors

Sumeet K Asrani1, W Ray Kim, Erick B Edwards, Joseph J Larson, Gabriel Thabut, Walter K Kremers, Terry M Therneau, Julie Heimbach

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MI; Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

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