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. 1957 Feb;20(2):71–98.

The Complexity of Liver Disease—Surgical Steps Toward Solution*

Moynihan Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 12th December 1956

I S Ravdin
PMCID: PMC2413461  PMID: 13403572

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