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Comment
. 2021 Jan;21(1):440-441.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16289. Epub 2020 Sep 19.

Invited response to "MELD calibration"

Ben F J Goudsmit  1   2   3 , Hein Putter  4 , Maarten E Tushuizen  3 , Jan de Boer  2 , Serge Vogelaar  2 , Ian P J Alwayn  1 , Bart van Hoek  3 , Andries E Braat  1
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Invited response to "MELD calibration"

Ben F J Goudsmit et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; editorial/personal viewpoint; liver transplantation/hepatology; liver transplantation: auxiliary; organ allocation; organ procurement and allocation; recipient selection; waitlist management.

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The authors of this manuscript have no conflicts of interest to disclose as described by the American Journal of Transplantation.

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