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  1. The Liver Unit, King's College Hospital and Medical School, Denmark Hill, SE5, London, England

    S. Braude, A. E. S. Gimson & R. Williams

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Braude, S., Gimson, A.E.S. & Williams, R. Progress in the management of fulminant hepatic failure. Intensive Care Med 7, 101–103 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01738610

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