Alternatives to Liver Transplantation in Pediatric Liver Diseases
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Alternatives to orthotopic liver transplantation
367 The proliferative capacity of the liver is vividly captured in the Greek myth of Prometheus. Having stolen fire and tricked Zeus, Prometheus was chained to a rock and sentenced to have his liver eaten each day by an eagle. Because his liver re-grew nightly, he could endure the same punishment endlessly. Although the myth exaggerates the rate at which normal liver mass can be reconstituted, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery Research & Practice
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2378-3397
DOI: 10.23937/2378-3397/1410043