Disability in patients with end‐stage liver disease: Results from the functional assessment in liver transplantation study

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Marco Laudo, Matteo Ravaioli, Gaetano Manna, Giorgia Comai, Matteo Cescon, Massimo Gaudio, Valentina Bertuzzo, Chiara Zanfi, Alessandro Cucchetti, Antonio Daniele Pinna – 24 November 2016

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