Establishing a liver transplantation program at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran: a report of ten years of experience.

In 2001, a Liver Transplantation (LT) program was commenced in Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex as the first one in the capital city of Tehran which is the second liver transplantation center in Iran. This study presents the results of our 10-year experience with LT.

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