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Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 1814-1815 , July 2008

Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) System to Allocate and to Share Livers: Experience of Two Italian Centers

M. Ravaioli
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Address reprint requests to Matteo Ravaioli, MD, Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
M. Masetti
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
A. Dazzi
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
A. Romano
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
M. Spaggiari
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
G.L. Grazi
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
G. Ercolani
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
M. Cescon
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
P. Di Gioia
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
N. De Ruvo
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
R. Montalti
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
R. Ballarin
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
F. Di Benedetto
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
L. Ridolfi
- Emilia-Romagna Region Transplant Reference, AIRT Interregional Center, Italy.
N. Alvaro
- Emilia-Romagna Region Transplant Reference, AIRT Interregional Center, Italy.
G. Ramacciato
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
C. Morelli
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
E. Gerunda
- Department of Liver and Multi-visceral Transplant Center, University of Modena, Modena, and Italy
A.D. Pinna
- Department of Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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