Added: Oct 19, 2008
The list for liver transplantation uses a model developed by the Mayo Clinic called the MELD. Now doctors at the Mayo Clinic have improved this method to try to ensure that the sickest patients receive the liver transplant first. Dr. W. Ray Kim, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, explains who should receive liver transplant first.
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