Extended criteria donors in liver transplantation-from marginality to mainstream

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Amit Nair et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;7(5):386-388.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2018.06.08.

¹ Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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