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Diaz, G.C., Chow, J., Renz, J.F. (2018). Combined Solid Organ Transplantation Involving the Liver. In: Wagener, G. (eds) Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64298-7_19

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