Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 11 , Pages 2083-2087 , November 2009

Surgical treatment of hepatic tumors in children: lessons learned from liver transplantation

Received 6 April 2009 ,Revised 28 May 2009 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)00458-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.06.003

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 11 , Pages 2083-2087 , November 2009

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