When should a decision to proceed with transplantation actually be made in cases of fulminant or subfulminant hepatic failure: at admission to hospital or when a donor organ is made available?

Journal of Hepatology - Tập 17 Số 1 - Trang 1-2 - 1993
David H. Van Thiel1
1Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA

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