Increasing the supply of kidneys for transplantation

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 460-462

  O'Connor, Kevin J ^a   Delmonico, Francis L ^a,b  

^a New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 30744433319     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2005.00089.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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