A Cost Comparison of Liver Transplantation with FK 506 or CyA As the Primary Immunosuppressive Agent

Overview

Journal Transplant Proc

Specialty General Surgery

Date 1990 Feb 1

PMID 1689896

Citations 4

Authors

S Staschak

S Wagner

G Block

D H Van Thiel

A Jain

J Fung

S Todo

T E Starzl

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