Liver transplantation: fifty years of experience.

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Published in World J Gastroenterol on May 14, 2014

Authors

Alice Tung Wan Song1, Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva1, Rafael Antonio Arruda Pecora1, Vincenzo Pugliese1, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque1, Edson Abdala1

Author Affiliations

1: Alice Tung Wan Song, Rafael Antonio Arruda Pecora, Vincenzo Pugliese, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D'Albuquerque, Edson Abdala, Liver and Digestive Organ Transplantation Unit, Gastroenterology Department, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo 05403-900, Brazil.

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