FK 506 Versus Cyclosporine in Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Overview

Journal Transplant Proc

Specialty General Surgery

Date 1991 Dec 1

PMID 1721343

Citations 8

Authors

A G Tzakis

J Reyes

S Todo

M Green

T Ohya

A Jain

K Abu-Elmagd

M Alessiani

J J Fung

T E Starzl

Affiliations

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