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Can people with a BMI over 30 be living donors for liver transplantation?

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

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  1. Medical Director for Liver Transplantation at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

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Trotter, J. Can people with a BMI over 30 be living donors for liver transplantation?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 304–305 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0499

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