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Long-Term Liver Transplant Better in UK Than in US
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Title Long-Term Liver Transplant Better in UK Than in US
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566361?src=rss
Description Although patients undergoing liver transplantation in the US have better 90-day survival, many of those who undergo the procedure in the UK and Ireland seem to do better after the first year, UK researchers report in the November issue of Gut. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Transplantation
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Date Nov 23, 2007
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