Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 927-930 , May 2008

Sexual Dysfunction After Simultaneous Pancreas–Kidney Transplantation

  • J.S. Jürgensen

      Affiliations

    • Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jan Steffen Jürgensen, MD, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin/Friedrich-Althoff-Haus, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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  • C. Ulrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Berlin, Germany
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  • J.H. Hörstrup

      Affiliations

    • Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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  • M.H. Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Berlin School of Public Health, Berlin, Germany.
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  • U. Frei

      Affiliations

    • Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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  • A. Kahl

      Affiliations

    • Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

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 J.S. Jürgensen and C. Ulrich contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0041-1345(08)00241-8

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.037

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 40, Issue 4 , Pages 927-930 , May 2008

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