Killenberg & Clavien - Medical Care of the Liver Transplant Patient.pdf

Medical Care of the Liver
Transplant Patient, 3E
Medical Care of the Liver
Transplant Patient, 3E
Edited by
Paul G. Killenberg, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Associate Editors
Alastair Smith, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine – Gastroenterology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Beat Mu¨ llhaupt, MD
Gastroenterology-Hepatology
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
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