Living-donor renal transplantation: Evidence-based justification for an ethical option

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-109

  Daar, Abdallah S ^a   Land, Walter ^b   Yahya, Taher M ^b   Schneewind, Klaus ^b   Gutmann, Thomas ^b   Jakobsen, Arnt ^b  

^a Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Oman)

^b NONE

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EID: 0003003037     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-470X(97)80005-5     Document Type: Article

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