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Review
. 2018 Sep 7;12(2):65-67.
doi: 10.1002/cld.701. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Geographic Areas of Liver Distribution in the United States Should Not Be Redesigned According to the 2016 Eight-District Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Proposal

Jennifer Batisti  1 , Emily A Schonfeld  2 , Clara Tow  3 , Robert S Brown  4
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Review

Geographic Areas of Liver Distribution in the United States Should Not Be Redesigned According to the 2016 Eight-District Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Proposal

Jennifer Batisti et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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(Left) Percentage of transplant recipients with exception points by region (2012‐2014). Median Lab Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease at transplant by region (2012‐2014). Reprinted with permission from Clinical Liver Disease.10 Copyright 2016, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
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