Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 2993-2996 , December 2004

Early acute rejection does not affect chronic allograft nephropathy and death censored graft failure

  • X. He

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to X. He, Clinical Pharmacology, Bars and The London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Charter house Square, London, England EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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  • A. Johnston

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PII: S0041-1345(04)01269-2

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.10.070

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 10 , Pages 2993-2996 , December 2004

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