Strategies to improve outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving a liver transplantation.

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Published in World J Hepatol on April 08, 2015

Authors

Marta Guerrero-Misas1, Manuel Rodríguez-Perálvarez1, Manuel De la Mata1

Author Affiliations

1: Marta Guerrero-Misas, Manuel Rodríguez-Perálvarez, Manuel De la Mata, Department of Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Maimónides Institute of Biomedical Research of Córdoba, CIBERehd, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.

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