Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 61-70 , January 2006

Pediatric Liver Transplantation

  • Qian Dong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Qian Dong, MD, Section of Pediatric Radiology, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital–Room F3503, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0252
    • ,
  • Peter J. Strouse, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2005.08.006

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 61-70 , January 2006

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