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. 2020 Oct 8;6(11):e611.
doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001064. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Liver Transplantation Activity in the Eurotransplant Area Is Recovering Slowly During the COVID-19 Crisis

Gabriel Putzer  1 , Judith Martini  1 , Lukas Gasteiger  1 , Simon Mathis  1 , Robert Breitkopf  1 , Tobias Hell  2 , Arjan van Enckevort  3 , Rupert Oberhuber  4 , Dietmar Öfner  4 , Stefan Schneeberger  4
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Liver Transplantation Activity in the Eurotransplant Area Is Recovering Slowly During the COVID-19 Crisis

Gabriel Putzer et al. Transplant Direct. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
LTs performed in the Eurotransplant area from mid-March to mid-June in the years 2015–2020. The dark gray, gray, and light gray bars represent the number of LTs in the first, second, and third month of observation, respectively. Above the 2020 bars, the mean values and the 95% CIs for the years 2015–2019 are shown. CI, confidence intervals; LT, liver transplantations.
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