Kidney transplantation in children.
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چکیده
From the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis (V.R.D.); the Division of Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.F., W.E.H.); and the Division of Transplant Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan (P.F.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Harmon at the Division of Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at [email protected].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 371 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014