Equitable Access to Deceased Donor Livers in the United States: Are We There Yet?

Transplantation

Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Published: August 2024

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