Liver transplantation: history, outcomes and perspectives
In 1958 Francis Moore described the orthotopic liver transplantation technique in dogs. In 1963, Starzl et al. performed the first liver transplantation. In the first five liver transplantations no patient survived more than 23 days. In 1967, stimulated by Calne who used antilymphocytic serum, Starz...
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
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