Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 1818-1819 , July 2008

Legal Aspects of Organ Transplantation in Italy

  • P. Bruzzone

      Affiliations

    • Divisione Trapianti d'Organo, Dipartimento Paride Stefanini, Università di Roma “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Paolo Bruzzone, MD, Via Santa Maria Goretti 38/10, 00199 Rome, Italy.
    • ,
  • S. Venettoni

      Affiliations

    • Centro Nazionale Trapianti, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

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PII: S0041-1345(08)00587-3

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.004

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 1818-1819 , July 2008

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