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Porcine Liver Transplantation Without Veno-Venous Bypass As an Extended Criteria Donor Model
Published on: August 17, 2022
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Obesity and liver transplant…is it time to raise the bar?
Alberto Calleri1, Douglas A Simonetto2, Silvia Martini3
1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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