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    Gabriela A. Berlakovich MD, FEBS & Gerd R. Silberhumer MD

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Berlakovich, G.A., Silberhumer, G.R. (2018). Recipient and Donor Selection and Transplant Logistics: The European Perspective. In: Wagener, G. (eds) Liver Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64298-7_8

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