A unos perspective on donor liver allocation
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An Update on a Successful Simulation Project: the Unos Liver Allocation Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation and Surgery
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1074-3022
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500010111