Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 635-637 , October 2009

Requiem for a champion? Living donor liver transplantation

  • Pierre-Alain Clavien

      Affiliations

    • Swiss HPB and Transplantation Centers, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 1 2553300; fax: +41 1 2554449.
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  • Philipp Dutkowski

      Affiliations

    • Swiss HPB and Transplantation Centers, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Ramistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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  • James F. Trotter

      Affiliations

    • Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA

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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(09)00521-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.07.014

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 635-637 , October 2009

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