Reply to A. Jain et al

Mariana Chávez-Villa1, Luis I Ruffolo1, Matthew Byrne1

  • 1Mariana Chávez-Villa, MD, Luis I. Ruffolo, MD, and Matthew Byrne, MD, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Pål-Dag Line, MD, PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Svein Dueland, MD, PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,Experimental Transplantation and Malignancy Research Group, Division of Surgery, Inflammatory Diseases and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; and Koji Tomiyama, MD, PhD, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro, MD, Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.

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