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Evidence for Anesthetic Practice in Liver Transplant Anesthesiology

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Chadha, R.M. (2018). Evidence for Anesthetic Practice in Liver Transplant Anesthesiology. In: Wagener, G. (eds) Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64298-7_12

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