Use of donors with central nervous system malignancies: Proceed with caution [2]

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1906-1907

  Buell, Joseph F ^a  

^a Israel Penn Intl Transplant Tum R   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER GRADING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3042565942     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000132370.17583.9A     Document Type: Letter

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