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Anaesthesia and resuscitation of the genetically related living donor in liver transplantation

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Liver transplantation has become a method used in the treatment of an increasing number of adults and children suffering from end stage liver disease. As a consequence, there is a discrepancy between the availability of grafts from cadaver donors and the number of waiting recipients at high risk of impending death, especially children.

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Gille, D. et al. (1997). Anaesthesia and resuscitation of the genetically related living donor in liver transplantation. In: Collins, G.M., Dubernard, J.M., Land, W., Persijn, G.G. (eds) Procurement, Preservation and Allocation of Vascularized Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5422-2_3

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