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Successful use of the liver of a methanol-poisoned, brain-dead organ donor

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  1. National Transplant Coordination, Serviciul de Ambulanta, Bucharest, Romania

    Victor Zota & Rosana Turcu

  2. Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Sos. Fundeni 258, Sector 2, 72435 , Bucharest, Romania

    Irinel Popescu & Silviu Ciurea

  3. Department of ICU, University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

    Elena Copaciu, Oana Predescu & Florin Costandache

  4. Department of Pathology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania

    Vlad Herlea

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania

    Dan Tulbure

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Zota, V., Popescu, I., Ciurea, S. et al. Successful use of the liver of a methanol-poisoned, brain-dead organ donor. Transpl Int 16, 444–446 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00147-003-0559-5

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