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Review Article| Volume 38, ISSUE 4, P607-621, December 2018

Maintaining the Health of the Renal Allograft

Laboratory and Histologic Monitoring After Kidney Transplantation
Published:October 05, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2018.07.003

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