Journal of Hepatology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 306-313 , February 2009

Outcome after wait-listing for emergency liver transplantation in acute liver failure: A single centre experience

Received 3 July 2008 ,Revised 5 September 2008 ,Accepted 6 September 2008.

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

PII: S0168-8278(08)00712-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.09.012

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 306-313 , February 2009

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