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A trial of high-dose ursodeoxycholic acid therapy in a liver transplant recipient

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  1. Second Department of Surgery; Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Y. Kita, M. Hirata & M. Makuuchi

  2. Department of General Surgery, JR Tokyo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Kita, Y., Yokota, K., Hirata, M. et al. A trial of high-dose ursodeoxycholic acid therapy in a liver transplant recipient. Transplant Int 10, 78–80 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02044348

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