Organ transplantation and gender differences: A paradigmatic example of intertwining between biological and sociocultural determinants

Biology of Sex Differences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Puoti, Francesca ^a   Ricci, Andrea ^a   Nanni Costa, Alessandro ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   Malorni, Walter ^a   Ortona, Elena ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Sex differences; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979687768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20426410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-016-0088-4     Document Type: Review

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