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Is adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation a viable option for liver replacement?

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Chairman of the Department of General Surgery and Director of the Transplant Center at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA

    John J Fung

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Fung, J. Is adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation a viable option for liver replacement?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 70–71 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0409

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