Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 454-455 , October 2007

Is there a place for Liver Transplantation for “non HCC” tumors?

  • Pierre-Alain Clavien

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 1 2552300; fax: +41 1 2554449.

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☆ The author declares that he does not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(07)00397-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.07.002

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 454-455 , October 2007

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