Changing the Priority for HLA Matching in Kidney Transplantation
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Kamoun, Malek
Sellers, Marty T.
Roberts, John P.
Wolfe, Robert A.
Port, Friedrich K.
Bibliographic Citation
New England Journal of Medicine 2004 May 13; 350(20): 2096
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2004-05-13Collections
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