Organ donation. Current trends in liver transplantation.
Liver transplant recipients already number in the thousands in Canada. As Hepatitis C reaches epidemic proportions in North America, that number is going to increase exponentially. If liver transplantation is not affecting your practice now, it soon will be.
Hobson
Bernadette
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University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta.
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