Why did it take so long to start a non-heart-beating donor program in Belgium?

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 485-488

  Squifflet, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Machine perfusion; Non heart beating donor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751239747     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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