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. 1981 Oct;116(10):1342-3.
doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380220086013.

Past and future prospects of orthoptic liver transplantation

T E Starzl, G B Klintmalm, S Iwatsuki, C Fernandez-Bueno

Past and future prospects of orthoptic liver transplantation

T E Starzl et al. Arch Surg. 1981 Oct.

Abstract

The hopes for liver transplantation have been increased by experience with the new immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A. Optimal therapy with cyclosporin A has required steroid therapy, but the amounts of prednisone used have been a small fraction of those used in the past.

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