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Gender-specific differences associated with living donor liver transplantation: A review study

  1. Hanna C. Hermann†,*,
  2. Burghard F. Klapp,
  3. Gerhard Danzer,
  4. Christina Papachristou

Article first published online: 16 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/lt.22002

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Liver Transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volume 16, Issue 3, pages 375–386, March 2010

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Hermann, H. C., Klapp, B. F., Danzer, G. and Papachristou, C. (2010), Gender-specific differences associated with living donor liver transplantation: A review study. Liver Transpl, 16: 375–386. doi: 10.1002/lt.22002

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  1. Medical Clinic for Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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*Medical Clinic for Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstrasse 13a, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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  1. Issue published online: 5 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 16 DEC 2009
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 16 DEC 2009 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 30 NOV 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 30 JUN 2009

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