Expectations from imaging for pre-transplant evaluation of living donor liver transplantation.

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Published in World J Radiol on September 28, 2014

Authors

Tiffany Hennedige1, Gopinathan Anil1, Krishnakumar Madhavan1

Author Affiliations

1: Tiffany Hennedige, Gopinathan Anil, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Health and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore 119074, Singapore.

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