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Pediatric renal transplantation--Indian experience.
OBJECTIVE To analyze our experience with renal transplantation in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in India. DESIGN Retrospective study. METHODS Over the last 7.5 years, 27 renal transplants were performed on children below 12 years of age, 8 children were less than 6 years old, 19 were between 6 and 12 years of age. Sixteen children had underlying glomerular disease while eleve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1980.167