Liver Transplant (cont.)
Medical Author:
Steve Guillen, MD
Coauthor:
Martin Black, MD, FRCP
Coauthor:
Grace Thomas, MD
Coauthor:
Robert M McNamara, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Michael D Burg, MD
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
James Ungar, MD
IN THIS ARTICLE
Authors and EditorsAuthor: Steve Guillen, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Hospital. Coauthor(s): Martin Black, MD, FRCP, Head of Liver Unit, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Temple University School of Medicine; Grace Thomas, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Emergency Physicians; Robert M McNamara, MD, FAAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Temple University; Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Hospital. Editors: Michael D Burg, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, University of California at San Francisco-Fresno; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Ungar, MD, Medical Director, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Last Editorial Review: 8/10/2005 Next Page: Must Read Articles Related to Liver Transplant
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Research into the possibility of liver transplantation (LT) started before the 1960s with the pivotal baseline work of Thomas Starzl in Chicago and Boston, where the initial LT techniques were researched in dogs.
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