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Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Louise Howard  and
Tom Fahy
Louise Howard*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Kings College Hospital, Bessemer Road, London
Tom Fahy
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
*
Dr Louise Howard, Department of Psychological Medicine, Kings College Hospital, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RS
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 6 , December 1997 , pp. 497 - 500
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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