Causes and Consequences of the Worldwide Belatacept Shortage.
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Corresponding Author: Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP, Abdominal Organ Transplant Clinical Specialist Departments of Transplant Surgery and Pharmacy Services, and the Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115; phone (617) 732-7658; fax (617) 732-7507; email [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Transplantation
دوره 101 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017