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ATP-supplies in the cold-preserved liver: A long-neglected factor of organ viability

  1. Katarína Vajdová,
  2. Rolf Graf,
  3. Pierre-Alain Clavien M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.*

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360633

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1543–1552, December 2002

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Vajdová, K., Graf, R. and Clavien, P.-A. (2002), ATP-supplies in the cold-preserved liver: A long-neglected factor of organ viability. Hepatology, 36: 1543–1552. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360633

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  1. Laboratory of Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

*Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland. fax: (41) 1255 4449

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 AUG 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 MAY 2002

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  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Number: DK54048–01A1
  • Swiss National Science Foundation. Grant Number: SNF3200–061411

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