Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 466-475 , October 2007

Vascular and rare liver tumors: A good indication for liver transplantation?

  • Jan P. Lerut

      Affiliations

    • Abdominal Transplant Unit, Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospitals St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Markus Weber

      Affiliations

    • Swiss HPB (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary) Center, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zürich, Rämistr. 100, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Orlando

      Affiliations

    • Abdominal Transplant Unit, Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospitals St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Philipp Dutkowski

      Affiliations

    • Swiss HPB (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary) Center, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zürich, Rämistr. 100, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

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☆ The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(07)00400-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.07.005

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 466-475 , October 2007

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