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Editorial
. 2018 Nov 1;172(11):1013-1015.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2886.

Is the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease Score Truly a Detriment to Pediatric Liver Allocation?

Nadim Mahmud  1 , Melissa M Gadsden  2 , David S Goldberg  1   3
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Editorial

Is the Pediatric End-stage Liver Disease Score Truly a Detriment to Pediatric Liver Allocation?

Nadim Mahmud et al. JAMA Pediatr. .
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