Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Renal Transplant Recipients: Do We Still Overlook It?
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Zagreb University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Clinical Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Zagreb, 1Čakovec General Hospital, Dermatovenereology Unit, Čakovec, 2Zagreb University Hospital Center, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Department of Nephrology, Arterial Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation and 3Zagreb University Hospital Center, Department of Urology, Zagreb, Croatia
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