Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Is Recipient Age a Barrier?

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Samir Abu-Gazala et al. Liver Transpl. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;27(9):1237-1238.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26085. Epub 2021 Jul 31.

¹ Division of Transplantation, Penn Transplant Institute, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

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Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Posttransplant Outcomes in Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Older Adult Recipients.
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