Model for End-Stage Liver Disease 3.0: One step forward to mitigate sex and gender disparities in liver transplant.

Am J Transplant

Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Published: January 2024

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