Profiling live kidney donors in America: cause for optimism and for concern.
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Profiling Live Kidney Donors in America: Cause for Optimism and for Concern Peter P. Reese* and John J. Friedewald *Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Comprehensive Transplant Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5: 1732–1733, 2010. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07400810
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
دوره 5 10 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2010