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Chapter 16 - Pathology of Renal Transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2017

Xin Jin (Joseph) Zhou
Affiliation:
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
Zoltan G. Laszik
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
Tibor Nadasdy
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Vivette D. D'Agati
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
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