Satisfaction With Life Among Living Kidney Donors
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Satisfaction With Life Among Living Kidney Donors: A RELIVE Study of Long-Term Donor Outcomes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0041-1337
DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000000360