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  1. Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Vanessa Cowan MD

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    Gebhard Wagener

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Cowan, V. (2018). Evaluation of Liver Function. In: Wagener, G. (eds) Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64298-7_6

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