Current Status and Challenges of Living Donor Liver Transplantation in the United States

Overview

Journal Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken)

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2023 Nov 29

PMID 38026119

Authors

Christine Tien

Hyosun H Han

Affiliations

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