Clin Transplant Res.  2025 Mar;39(1):84-86. 10.4285/ctr.24.0043.

Communicating unfavorable outcomes in living donor liver transplantation: breaking the bad news to the donor

• Sindwani G

• KMID: 2566584
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4285/ctr.24.0043

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