Geographic disparity: the dilemma of lower socioeconomic status, multiple listing, and death on the liver transplant waiting list.

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Published in Clin Transplant on August 26, 2014

Authors

Adam Schwartz1, Thomas Schiano, Leona Kim-Schluger, Sander Florman

Author Affiliations

1: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.

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