The Nondirected Living Donor Program: A Model for Cooperative Donation, Recovery and Allocation of Living Donor Kidneys
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1600-6135,1600-6143
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00660.x