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Chapter 9 - Dermatological Complications in Transplant Patients and Composite Tissue Allotransplant Pathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2018

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Emma Lanuti ,
Mohammed Sharaf ,
Brian Keegan ,
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Transplantation Pathology , pp. 294 - 311
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