Sequence of refusals for donor quality, organ utilization, and survival after lung transplantation
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1053-2498
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.08.009