Progress in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
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Progress in pediatric kidney transplantation
Significant progress has been made in pediatric kidney transplantation. Advances in immunosuppression have dramatically decreased rates of acute rejection leading to improved short term graft survival but similar improvements in long term graft survival remain elusive. Changes in allocation policy provide the pediatric population with timely access to transplant but there remains concern about ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Urology & Nephrology Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1874-303X
DOI: 10.2174/1874303x01407010115