Prospective Swiss cohort study of living-kidney donors: Study protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Thiel, Gilbert T ^a   Nolte, Christa ^a   Tsinalis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Nephrology   (Switzerland)

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EID: 81255129511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000202     Document Type: Article

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